Following the footsteps of the person "dreaming of mountains, dreaming of rivers"

Khoai Lang Thang on baobab avenue - Madagascar. Photo: NVCC

As Khoai said, finally the legs of the engineer who “dreams of mountains and rivers” have fulfilled his wish. No longer a construction engineer, now he has been “designing” special experiences on each trip. He is currently one of the most popular Travel bloggers in Vietnam, owning a youtube channel with more than 2.7 million followers.

Leave nothing but footprints

Khoai said: “My biggest dream in life is to travel, experience and touch the things I dreamed of when I was a child”. Now, after 8 years of wandering, he has touched and is happy to fully live that big dream.

“Everywhere in the North, Central and South, there is laughter. Khoai thinks that as long as you are sincere, wherever you go, you will receive sincerity from the people there” - a thought he has carried with him for 8 years of persistent trips to explore culture and cuisine throughout Vietnam and the world.

Wherever he has been to in Vietnam, he has left behind a lot of love and admiration for nature, culture, people and life.

Khoai Lang Thang (middle) received 2 awards at the 2024 Vietnam Digital Content Creators Awards Ceremony. Photo: NVCC

Not chasing quantity, Khoai is a “deep” traveler: each place he goes, sometimes he stays for several months and produces 1 or 2 video clips. Perhaps that is why the images he conveys in his travel videos are “quality”, gentle, full of emotions and connections with people, lifestyles, and activities. This makes the audience want to “pack up and go” in the same sincere way of traveling as Khoai.

Khoai has traveled to many places around the world, such as the most recent trip to visit the baobab tree avenue in faraway Madagascar. But the most memorable for him are still the beloved lands of Vietnam. From the affectionate West with its vast rice fields, rivers and lakes, to the Central region with its many beautiful landscapes such as Phu Yen (Binh Dinh), Hoi An, Son Tra (Quang Nam, Da Nang), Hue... to Ha Giang, the northernmost point of the country.

With “mountain-dreaming” feet like Khoai, he is very excited to enter the vast natural landscapes such as forests, bamboo reserves, explore streams, waterfalls, mountains, and canyons that still retain the beautiful wildness of Quang Nam...

When surrounded by green, people's mental state seems to be soothed after the fatigue of a long journey. With Khoai, Hoi An ancient town or Son Tra peninsula, Con market in Da Nang attracts tourists thanks to its beautiful scenery and "the most unique local food".

“Leave nothing but footprints” - this is Khoai's familiar message, in the spirit of spreading the inspiration of travel associated with protecting the environment of a kind tourist.

When young people inspire travel

Khoai Lang Thang's real name is Dinh Vo Hoai Phuong (born in 1991), from the West, graduated from Ton Duc Thang University, majoring in Construction Engineering. After 3 years working in the construction industry, he decided to become a travel blogger to satisfy his passion for travel and find freedom in his work.

Khoai Lang Thang with children at the places he stopped. Photo: NVCC

After 8 years of working hard to make travel videos, he recently received two awards: "Content Creator of the Year" and "Most Favorite Content Creator" at the Vietnam iContent Awards 2024.

Starting with simple, genuine and rustic travel videos, Khoai gradually improved the images and content, filming and editing himself to create emotional travel videos.

He creates connections and inspires love for natural landscapes, arousing a great passion for exploring travel in each viewer.

There is no crew, no use of special effects or eye-catching visual technology to attract views, "catch the trend", no luxurious, grandiose destinations, no expensive costumes; the travel videos filmed by Khoai are natural and rustic like the people and the way he treats the places he visits. This makes Khoai stand out from other travel bloggers.

From a little-known “game”, Phuong’s travel video creation has finally become known to the public and is gradually being recognized as a real “profession” in the digital age and audiovisual economy.

Nowadays, young people focusing on creating tourism promotion content has contributed greatly to inspiring viewers about tourism and cuisine.

Young influential travel bloggers such as Chan La Ca, Win Di, Lu Hoang Thong (solo camping)... all have large followings, attracting interactions with carefully crafted images of destinations.

This can be seen as a good sign and a new direction with great potential for development in the tourism - culinary industry.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/theo-doi-chan-nguoi-mo-nui-mo-song-3152656.html