Kon Tum is a land located in the North of the Central Highlands, where the Indochina junction borders Laos and Cambodia; has an extremely rich ecosystem, unique natural landscapes and 43 ethnic groups living together. Therefore, Kon Tum is known as a land of nature, culture and festivals, where land and people blend together, peaceful and extremely open. With these advantages, Kon Tum province is gradually affirming its position on the national tourism map and the province has proposed many solutions to strive to make tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030. On the morning of December 26, Kon Tum Provincial Museum - Library organized a special topic to demonstrate and display the results of collecting and documenting the cultural heritage "Traditional crafts of ethnic minorities in the province". Assessing the People's Public Security force's outstanding achievements in "turning the situation around, changing the state", ensuring security, safety and security for the people, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed that it is necessary to continue to promote the pioneering role, exemplary leadership to accelerate breakthroughs in implementing the Party's policies and the State's laws, building a profound people's security, a comprehensive people's security posture and a solid people's hearts posture, ensuring security and order must be associated with expanding development space. On a day at the end of December, we Meet teacher Ninh Thi Van, teacher of Dap Thanh Secondary School (Ba Che district) - one of 3 teachers of Quang Ninh province who has just been honored to receive the "Outstanding Young Teacher" award at the 4th Central level, 2024, presented by the Central Secretariat of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Kon Tum is a land located in the Northern Central Highlands, where the Indochina junction borders Laos and Cambodia; has an extremely rich ecosystem, unique natural landscapes and 43 ethnic groups living together. Therefore, Kon Tum is known as the land of nature, culture and festivals, where land and people blend together, peaceful and extremely open. With these advantages, Kon Tum province is gradually affirming its position on the national tourism map and the province has proposed many solutions to strive to make tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030. The 2024 Commendation Ceremony for Outstanding Ethnic Minority Students and Youth is the 11th commemoration ceremony chaired by the Ethnic Committee, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Training, and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Over the years, the Commendation Ceremony has affirmed its value, prestige and influence in the community, receiving the attention of the Party and State leaders, all levels, sectors and the social community. On the morning of December 26, the leader of Dak Lak Provincial Police said that the Economic Police Department, Provincial Police had just dismantled many establishments using toxic chemicals to produce bean sprouts for sale on the market. On the morning of December 26, Kon Tum Provincial Museum - Library organized a special topic to demonstrate and display the results of collecting and documenting the cultural heritage "Traditional crafts of ethnic minorities in the province". General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news of December 26, there was the following notable information: Demonstration and display of traditional crafts of ethnic minorities. Digitization of royal decrees. Muong people in Ia Lau commune "keep the fire" of gongs. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In the context of unpredictable natural disasters, causing serious damage to production, agricultural exports still reached over 30 billion USD, an increase of more than 6.3% compared to 2023, accounting for nearly 50% of the export value of the agricultural sector. On December 26, in Hanoi, the Ethnic Committee held a conference to review the Party's work, the work of the Ethnic Committee and the conference of civil servants, public employees and workers of the Ethnic Committee in 2024, deploying tasks for 2025. Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh chaired the conference. Deputy Ministers, Vice Chairmen of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities: Y Thong, Y Vinh Tor, Nong Thi Ha, and Head of the Department of Organization and Personnel Nguyen Thu Minh - Chairman of the Trade Union of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities, co-chaired the Conference. In the first leg of the semi-finals of the AFF Cup 2024, the Vietnamese team played away at Singapore. It was not until the last extra minutes of the match that Tien Linh and Xuan Son were able to shine to bring victory to the Vietnamese team. Summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news on December 26, there was the following notable information: Performance and display of traditional handicrafts of ethnic minorities. Digitization of royal decrees. Muong people in Ia Lau commune "keep the fire" of gongs. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On the morning of December 26, Xin Cai Border Guard Station (Ha Giang Provincial Border Guard) promptly sent forces to support and help a family in the area whose house was completely burned down by fire.
Community tourism is the highlight
With the relentless effort to develop tourism to make Kon Tum an indispensable destination on the Central Highlands route for domestic and foreign tourists, in recent years, all levels and sectors of Kon Tum province have stepped up propaganda, mobilization and support for ethnic minorities to build community tourism villages, because this is a great potential that has not been exploited.
Along with that, the province organizes training courses, knowledge and skills training for the team of tour guides who are ethnic minorities, managers working in tourism; promotes and advertises tourism on digital platforms, helping tourists have more valuable information in their journey to discover the beauty of the land and people here.
Mr. A Kâm, Head of the Kon Ko Tu Community Tourism Village Tourism Cooperative Group, Dak Ro Wa Commune, Kon Tum City, shared: Kon Ko Tu Village has 146 households, with the support of the local government, up to now more than 40% of the people participate in tourism. Households have boldly invested in building rooms, designing tours with attractive experiences such as: Gong performances, xoang dance, experiencing weaving, brocade weaving and rowing along the Dak Bla River.
With thorough investment, in recent years, Kon Tum has emerged on the tourism map with strong appeal thanks to many pristine destinations, colorful traditional festivals, special cuisine, unique village architecture, gong cultural exchange and many nature discovery tours associated with the legendary Dak Bla river...
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh, a tourist from Dong Nai province, shared: Coming to Kon Tum, tourists are welcomed by the gentle, honest, friendly, hospitable people with the open-minded character of the Central Highlands people, but also no less professional. Visiting beautiful landscapes and unique culture of ethnic minorities.
To date, Kon Tum province has recognized 13 tourist destinations and 1 provincial-level tourist area. The province's tourism products and services are increasingly rich and diverse, with many products building brands in the region and the country. In 2024, the total number of visitors to Kon Tum province is estimated to reach 2.3 million, with the number of international visitors increasing to 8,500.
Make tourism a key economic sector
In recent years, Kon Tum province has made continuous efforts to improve the investment environment, creating favorable conditions to attract resources for sustainable and effective tourism development. From 2022 to present, Kon Tum province has supported and guided more than 110 investors and businesses to survey and seek investment opportunities in dynamic economic zones. The encouraging result is that it has attracted 18 new projects with a total investment capital of more than VND 2,214 billion, bringing the total number of valid projects to 153 projects with a total registered capital of more than VND 36,602 billion.
Ms. Bach Thi Man - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Kon Tum province said: To achieve the goal of making tourism a spearhead economic sector by 2030, Kon Tum province has set out development orientations and key tasks. Accordingly, the province promotes the development of specific tourism products such as eco-tourism and resorts in Mang Den, Ngoc Linh, and Chu Mom Ray areas; develops community tourism, combined with exploiting traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities. Along with that, Kon Tum province has implemented 40 investment projects and improved infrastructure in the fields of trade, services, and tourism to better meet the needs of tourists.
To ensure sustainable tourism development, Kon Tum province always focuses on environmental protection, encouraging green tourism types such as: Ecotourism, resort and agricultural tourism. Focusing on building tourism brands associated with the province's typical products such as Ngoc Linh ginseng, Dak Ha coffee and OCOP products.
Mr. Luong Thien Vu - Deputy Director of Mang Den Farm Trade, Service and Tourism Joint Stock Company, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province said: Agricultural tourism is currently developing in Kon Tum Province. Currently, the company's Farm is growing cold-climate vegetables and fruits such as: bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, strawberries and other vegetables, tubers and fruits. Visitors really like to harvest in the garden.
Most recently, Kon Tum successfully organized the 2024 Tourism Promotion Conference. This event created favorable conditions for Kon Tum province to connect with provinces, cities, and businesses to strengthen cooperation in tourism development, connecting tours and routes to attract tourists to Kon Tum, contributing to making Kon Tum province gradually become a green, sustainable and effective tourism center.
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