Community-based tourism development

Community tourism is a type of tourism developed on the basis of the cultural values ​​of the community, managed, exploited and benefited by the community. Identifying the strengths, roles and values ​​of community tourism, in recent years, Phu Tho has oriented and focused on developing community tourism on the basis of promoting the cultural, historical and natural landscape values ​​of the locality associated with the direct participation of the people.

Hung Lo community cultural tourism site opens up opportunities for local people to increase their income and stabilize their lives.

From the center of Viet Tri city, it only takes about 10-15 minutes by car to reach Hung Lo ancient village, a legendary land located on the Lo river with many relics associated with the Hung King period.

Recognizing the value of the unique tourism resources of the locality, the provincial tourism sector has soon oriented, supported the construction, promoted tourism, and exploited the traditional cultural values ​​here, including the tourism product "Hat Xoan village ancient" organized to perform for tourists at Hung Lo Communal House; community tourism products associated with visiting ancient houses; tourism products to experience making banh chung, experiencing rural agricultural villages...

Viet Tri City People's Committee has also actively participated in many practical activities: Upgrading connecting routes to Hung Lo, building and promoting OCOP products to serve tourists, mobilizing people to actively participate in tourism activities...

Thanks to that, Hung Lo community cultural tourism site was recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a provincial-level tourist site in September 2021. Since then, community tourism and experiential tourism in Hung Lo commune have developed rapidly and sustainably with the potential and strengths of the Hung Lo communal house relic complex, traditional craft villages and a system of over 50 ancient houses.

In just 10 months of 2024, Hung Lo community cultural tourism site welcomed about 10,000 visitors, including 22 international river groups with nearly 500 visitors. Developing community tourism in Hung Lo also opens up opportunities for local people to increase their income. Especially for women, who account for more than 50% of the population, tourism development is a good opportunity to create jobs for women to participate in related industries and services.

Phu Tho - the Ancestral Land, the origin land of the Vietnamese people, has a long history of formation and development with rich and attractive tourism resources, with great potential for building and developing tourism types and products, including community tourism. To create momentum for development, the province has implemented synchronous solutions such as: Selecting and developing community tourism destinations with full ecological landscape factors, ensuring safety and security based on the cultural values ​​of the Ancestral Land for investment and construction; upgrading infrastructure, training human resources for tourism development; training and raising community awareness, especially for ethnic minorities...

The province has also introduced many incentive mechanisms and open policies to attract investment, encourage and support tourism businesses, develop tourist areas and destinations of the province, especially community tourism associated with typical products and specialties of each region.

To date, the province has 4 provincial-level community tourism sites that have been recognized, including: Hung Lo, Bach Hac (Viet Tri City), Ban Du, Ban Coi in Xuan Son Commune (Tan Son District). On average, each year, community tourism sites welcome hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists, thereby contributing positively to the overall tourism development of the province.

Tourists experiencing Du village, Xuan Son commune, Tan Son district can experience the colors of eco-tourism and community culture.

Comrade Duong Nhi Ha - Head of Tourism Resources Development Department, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: Community tourism is bringing economic efficiency to families, contributing to promoting the image of the homelands associated with unique cultural features to friends from all over the world. Therefore, to develop community-based tourism, preserving and promoting indigenous values ​​is a decisive issue. This can only be done on the basis that people truly understand the value of the natural and human resources they are holding, benefit from tourism exploitation associated with these values ​​and have the awareness to preserve and protect resources. Only then will the development of community-based tourism be truly sustainable.

Nguyen Anh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/phat-trien-du-lich-dua-vao-cong-dong-221943.htm