Developing community tourism in Tan Son

As one of the 15 largest National Parks in Vietnam, Xuan Son National Park (Xuan Son commune, Tan Son district) is identified as an attractive tourist destination not only for Phu Tho province but also for the entire Northwest region with many values ​​in terms of landscape, geology, diverse ecosystems, rich natural resources and unique traditional cultural values ​​of the Muong and Dao people... Exploiting that potential advantage, Tan Son district has focused on implementing solutions to develop community tourism, eco-tourism and experience.

Tourists participate in cycling to experience and explore the natural landscape and local people's lives in the core area of ​​Xuan Son National Park.

The Resolution of the 5th Party Congress of Xuan Son Commune, term 2020-2025, identified the development of community tourism and eco-tourism as a solution to promote economic restructuring, increase income, create jobs, and reduce poverty for local people. Up to now, the commune has 11 homestays in operation with 45 closed rooms, 12 community rooms, capable of serving about 700 overnight guests to eat, sleep, and rest with products imbued with traditional culture of the ethnic people such as: Leaf-fermented wine, Tan Son stream duck, five-color sticky rice... The advantage is that tourism development helps people not have to go far to work, so when the commune had a policy, many people enthusiastically responded. Currently, the average income per capita in the commune reaches 24 million VND/year; the rate of poor households has decreased to 23.8%, and the near-poor rate has decreased to 22.5%.

Long Coc tea hill - an attractive destination on Phu Tho tourist map.

As a new tourist attraction of Phu Tho province, Long Coc is a collection of hundreds of bowl-shaped hills lying next to each other. The area of ​​tea hills here is up to 677 hectares, of which the area for growing tea for harvest is about 610 hectares. Attracting tourists with its poetic and picturesque scenery, Long Coc tea hills have become a prominent destination of Phu Tho province, especially for tourists who love taking photos to "hunt clouds" and watch the sunrise on the tea hills. In particular, to improve the quality of tourism, the locality has exploited and brought tea-producing households into tourism activities. Farmers are instructed to do tourism, turning their daily work into attractive tourism products.

According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Toan - Chairman of Tan Son District People's Committee, to meet the increasing demand and number of tourists, the District People's Committee has paid attention to building and developing tourism models from local households. The District People's Committee has also directed units to prepare documents and propose the Provincial People's Committee to recognize tourist destinations in the district, including Du village community tourism destination, Coi village community eco-tourism destination, and Ngoc Waterfall eco-tourism destination. At the same time, the district coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to support signs, panels, billboards, and leaflets promoting tourism at tourist destinations; build and renovate flower roads in Xuan Son. Currently, 3/3 tourist destinations have issued operating regulations; activities of welcoming guests, introducing destinations, eating and staying for tourists are carried out in a disciplined manner, ensuring compliance with regulations.

In particular, in order to connect tourism development activities, associated with community cultural tourism, developing agricultural and handicraft products, the District People's Committee has implemented the preservation of typical cultural values ​​in tourist areas and spots such as: Housing, costumes, festivals, folk cultural performances in Long Coc, Kim Thuong, Xuan Dai, Xuan Son, Dong Son communes. Effectively implement agricultural production programs, build OCOP products to serve tourism such as: Program to raise multi-spurred chickens, native chickens, hill chickens, stream ducks, raise pigs, crossbred wild pigs, raise bees for honey, raise large cattle such as buffaloes, cows, goats and produce high-quality green tea... Focus on preserving and processing traditional culinary products such as leaf feasts, bamboo rice, colorful sticky rice, moss, stream fish, sticky rice, sour meat, fish, corn wine, rice wine, deer wine, cam wine, tube wine, sticky rice cake, náng cake, ant egg cake, and assemblage cake... Pay attention to producing typical products with national identity from brocade weaving (pants, shirts, scarves, bags, blankets, pillows, mattresses...), hand-woven weaving and production tools (backpacks, knife covers, umbrellas, crossbows, looms...) to serve tourism.

It can be said that the tourism potential in Tan Son is huge, however, besides the direction of the government, if this area wants to make a breakthrough, it needs the participation of investors and businesses with rich experience in community tourism.

Dinh Vu

Source: https://baophutho.vn/phat-trien-du-lich-cong-dong-o-tan-son-214367.htm