On the morning of October 23, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa coordinated with the People's Committee of Thach Thanh district to organize a conference to promote, advertise and orient the development of typical tourism products of Thach Thanh district.
Conference overview.
The conference was attended by many domestic tourism experts and representatives of typical travel and tourism businesses in the province.
Delegates attending the conference.
Potential for diverse tourism product development
Thach Thanh district has a favorable geographical location, located in the northern economic corridor of the province, a convenient transportation system and is endowed by nature with many beautiful landscapes such as: May waterfall, Voi waterfall, Den waterfall, Dong Ngu lake, Binh Cong lake, Vung Su lake, Vo Am hot spring...
Currently, in the district, there are 16 recognized historical and cultural relics and 78 intangible cultural heritages inventoried, protected, and preserving the unique cultural nuances of the Kinh - Muong ethnic group; including 1 special national relic (Con Moong Cave and surrounding relics), 1 national relic (Ngoc Trao War Zone) and 14 provincial relics.
Coming to Thach Thanh, visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy many culinary specialties and experience famous local OCOP products such as Kim Tan purple sugarcane, Thanh Tam pear guava, Van Du orange, Thach Binh areca nut sticky rice, Thanh Minh dong vermicelli, Thach Son molasses, Thanh Kim honey...
Vice Chairman of Thach Thanh District People's Committee, Nguyen Dinh Tam spoke at the conference.
Clearly identifying the advantages, in recent years, the District Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee of Thach Thanh district have implemented many programs, plans, and projects to develop tourism associated with socio-economic development, economic restructuring, and gradually increase the proportion of tourism and services in the district's economic development structure.
In particular, the Resolution of the 25th District Party Congress identified the Tourism Development Program as one of the four key socio-economic development programs of the district for the 2021-2025 period.
Overcoming difficulties to develop unique tourism products
At the conference, delegates heard a report on the results of implementing the Tourism Development Program of Thach Thanh district for the period 2021-2024 and development orientation for the period 2025-2030.
According to statistics, from 2021 to the end of September 2024, the whole district welcomed about 416,700 visitors, mainly day visitors, with a low rate of staying guests (reaching 9.87% compared to mountainous districts and nearly 2% compared to the number of tourists in the whole province); total tourism revenue reached VND 227,215 billion (reaching 12.3% compared to 11 mountainous districts and 0.46% compared to the total tourism revenue of the whole province).
Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Thi Hai Yen spoke at the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Thi Hai Yen said: Thach Thanh district has many opportunities to attract tourists when the market trend is looking for new destinations, associated with pristine nature, cool green spaces and preserved indigenous culture.
However, many local tourism resources are still neglected, failing to attract investors to form unique tourism products that attract tourists.
Therefore, the conference is an opportunity for the district to promote its potential and strengths in tourism development. At the same time, it also consults with tourism experts, businesses, and investors inside and outside the province to accurately position the typical tourism products that can be developed in the next 5-10 years.
Associate Professor, Dr. Mai Thi Hong Hai, Director of the Center for Regional Development Research - Union of Science and Technology Associations of Thanh Hoa province spoke at the conference.
At the conference, delegates focused on assessing the potentials and strengths in tourism development of Thach Thanh district; at the same time, pointing out the shortcomings and limitations and suggesting some solutions for the district to study and implement in the coming time.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Truong Hoang, National Economics University, spoke at the conference.
Accordingly, Thach Thanh district needs to promote the exploitation of existing potentials and strengths, prioritize investment in developing typical tourism products such as: community ecotourism, agricultural tourism, cultural - historical - spiritual tourism. Tourism development needs to be associated with preserving and promoting the cultural values and fine traditions of the homeland and people in order to create highlights, position the brand, identity, attract the attention of investors and tourists to Thach Thanh.
Delegates offered incense and took souvenir photos at the Ngoc Trao Historical Site.
Within the framework of the conference, delegates offered incense and surveyed the Ngoc Trao Historical Site and Pho Cat Temple.
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