The People's Committee of Hau Giang province has just issued Plan No. 198 (KH198) to develop waterway tourism to promote potential and open up new opportunities for the "smokeless industry" in this land of many rivers and canals.
Many items will be deployed
KH198 has a total budget of more than 58.5 billion VND from many sources and will invest, upgrade, and build eco-tourism, agricultural tourism, and community tourism areas and sites; develop a fleet of ships and boats to ensure quantity and quality to meet the needs of visitors. KH198 calls for investment in many items including an observation tower on 7 river branches above, restores Nga Bay floating market, builds 2 more piers on Xa No canal, along Hau river, forms a fleet of boats to serve tourists, develops amateur music clubs for tourists to enjoy... KH198 continues to embellish and promote historical and cultural relics in the province; preserves and develops traditional craft villages, boat-building villages, handicrafts, bamboo weaving, water hyacinth weaving, mat weaving; implements the display of OCOP products at piers to serve tourists.
Tourist boat on Xa No Canal
Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Vice Chairman of Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee, said that KH198 will focus on exploiting the potential and strengths of waterway tourism, forming services, creating attractive and appealing tourism products, meeting the needs of domestic and foreign tourists when coming to Hau Giang province; at the same time, building intra-provincial and inter-provincial tourism routes, investing in infrastructure, services, and destinations on inland waterway tourism routes, contributing to preserving and promoting cultural and historical values to serve tourism development, creating jobs, and increasing income for local people.
KH198 requires that the development of waterway tourism must be consistent with Decision No. 1829/QD-TTg dated October 31, 2021 of the Prime Minister on planning inland waterway infrastructure for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; Hau Giang province's planning and waterway tourism development must be associated with environmental protection and sustainable development.
Tourists experience the waterway when coming to Spring Eco-tourism Area
Tour service facilities
KH198 said that in the first phase, the tourism industry will exploit the Xa No canal route in Vi Thanh city with a waterway starting from the passenger wharf (in front of Bong Sen hotel) passing through the special national relic of Chuong Thien Victory, Xa No bridge, Hau Giang Provincial Party Committee headquarters, 30/4 bridge, Doan Ket bridge, Vi Thanh market, Muoi Thuoc bridge...
Joining this tour, visitors can also visit the Vam Cai Sinh Victory relic, Cau Duc pineapple area, Be Hai strawberry garden, Ma Ba strawberry garden, Ngoc Dao goat milk farm, Muong Dinh homestay and other attractive eco-tourism spots and fruit gardens.
Traditional music for tourists
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, KH198 also creates conditions for the effective exploitation of the Cai Con River tourist route (Chau Thanh District) associated with the famous Nga Bay Floating Market (Nga Bay City). Participating in this route, domestic and foreign tourists have the opportunity to visit the relics of the Southern Joint Armistice Committee, Thien An Strawberry Garden, Ut Ngan Strawberry Garden, Phuong Nghi Strawberry Garden, Chin Hung Fruit Garden, Bay Lieu Fruit Garden, Miet Vuon Homestay, Spring Eco-tourism Area, Nga Bay Song Garden Eco-tourism Area, traditional weaving craft... In addition, the route associated with the river and garden areas, preserving the typical landscape of the river and water along the Hau River will also be an interesting highlight when tourists come to Hau Giang.
KH198 will invest in and upgrade inland waterway wharves in Vi Thanh City, Nga Bay City, Chau Thanh A District, Chau Thanh District; build waiting rooms at the wharf, parking lots, toilets, waste treatment facilities; arrange means of transport to transfer tourists arriving by waterway.
Tourists visit weaving and handicraft products
"KH198 continues to renovate urban areas along canals and rivers; decorate and renovate the landscape along both banks of Xa No canal (section through Vi Thanh city), rivers on the section through Nga Bay city, along Hau river (Chau Thanh district); build a system of embankments in Nga Bay to serve the development of river tourism; upgrade wharfs and embankments; mobilize garden tourism destinations to build suitable wharves; develop road traffic infrastructure connecting with wharves; dredge some inland waterways managed by the province. KH198 also invests in many aspects to build new and attractive service products to serve tourists from near and far...", Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa informed.
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