Ky Son does tourism!
(Baonghean.vn) - The mountainous border district of Ky Son is a land with strong cultural values and rich potential for tourism development. Currently, the Party Committee, government and local people have been focusing on building and improving product quality; training human resources; and strengthening promotional activities.
Students as tour guides
Recently, on social networking platforms, many information pages and accounts have appeared posting articles, photos and video clips about famous landscapes, historical and cultural relics in the mountainous district of Ky Son. These articles, photos and video clips with good quality and novelty have attracted the attention of social network participants; creating a feeling of desire to explore a remote border region of Nghe An for tourists from near and far...
One of the prominent Facebook social network accounts that posted the above information is “Tourism Board of Muong Xen Town Secondary School”. This account posted a number of short video clips with a duration of about 1 minute and 30 seconds. In each video clip, the “young tour guides” who are students of Muong Xen Town Secondary School introduce a destination of their hometown such as the Vietnam - Laos Solidarity Market at Nam Can International Border Gate, Pu Nha Thau Temple, the scenery of Muong Long Commune, Puxailaileng Mountain, etc., along with historical stories, cultural values, and unique cultural features of the ethnic groups here such as Khen dancing, Cu Xia folk singing, Bobo throwing, etc.
The video clips are all quite carefully produced with rich images; the background music is skillfully inserted; the "little tour guide" leads the story with an emotional and cute voice. The number of video clips that the Tourism Department of Muong Xen Town Secondary School posted on social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok... is not much, but it has attracted tens of thousands of views, hundreds of shares and thousands of interactions.
It is known that “Muong Xen Town Secondary School Tourism Board” is the name of the social network account of the Muong Xen Town Secondary School Tourism Club. The club was established by teachers in November 2023, aiming to create a playground for students. Joining the club, students learn a lot of knowledge and skills about tourism in general and about tourist attractions in their hometown of Ky Son in particular.
“Young tour guide” Vi Thi My Du - 8B grade student, Muong Xen town Secondary School added: “In addition to researching, writing promotional articles, making propaganda video clips for friends in flag-salute activities, Team activities, 15-minute activities, extracurricular activities, etc., at the club, we are also taught knowledge and skills by teachers such as practicing making drinks, being a tour guide, welcoming guests, operating tourism, tourism communications, learning foreign languages, learning to play musical instruments, learning about customs, traditional costumes...”.
After 5 months of establishment and operation, the Tourism Club of Muong Xen Town Secondary School has attracted 85 students to participate. Teacher La Thi Thanh Huyen - Principal of the school shared: "The school's implementation of the "Tourism School" model aims to contribute to educating students to love and appreciate cultural values imbued with national identity, while also providing them with skills in tourism services. From there, each student has the awareness to study and choose a suitable career in the future to build and develop their homeland and country... The participating students are all very excited and enthusiastic when practicing as tour guides and propagandists to introduce tourists to better understand and appreciate the beauty, and have a deep and unforgettable impression when coming to their homeland".
Marathon to conquer Puxailaileng peak
In tourism development, human resource training and destination promotion activities play a very important role. The construction of the "Tourism School" model of Muong Xen Town Secondary School is a good and new way in Nghe An to meet the requirements of developing tourism into a spearhead economy in the locality.
Considering tourism as one of the industries to escape poverty, can create more jobs for people, and at the same time beautify the village, Ky Son district has been paying attention to investment and development. In particular, construction activities, improving the quality of destinations; propaganda and promotion are gradually being promoted with the participation of all levels, sectors and people. Similar to the Facebook social network account "Tourism Board of Muong Xen Town Secondary School", the account "Ky Son Tourism" of an officer of the Propaganda Board of Ky Son District Party Committee is also operating effectively...
According to Ms. Vi Thi Quyen - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee, Ky Son has great potential for tourism development. Tourism promises to gradually help people escape poverty. In recent times, the district has identified a number of key locations to call for and promote investment in tourism development, namely Puxailaileng, Muong Long and My Ly. There have been businesses and tourism projects that have been deployed to invest in developing resort tourism, community tourism, eco-tourism, adventure tourism and combining clean agriculture in the locality.
In order to bring the image of Ky Son to a large number of people and tourists, Ky Son district has focused on promoting and propagating on mass media and social networks; at the same time, creating highlight activities. Recently, in 2 days (February 17 and 18), Ky Son successfully organized the 2024 Western Nghe An Marathon "To the mountainous region - conquering Puxailaileng peak, the roof of Truong Son range". The tournament gathered more than 800 athletes from provinces and cities in the country and 2 athletes from Colombia and Laos to participate, including many professional athletes, famous names in the Vietnamese running community such as Mr. Doan Ngoc Hai - former Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City); singer Duc Tuan; athletes Nguyen Thanh Phuc, Nguyen Van Long ...
This is also an opportunity for Ky Son district to promote and introduce its majestic and beautiful natural landscapes; rich and diverse cuisine; unique traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in Ky Son district to a large number of domestic and international tourists... From this race, many tourists and investors will know more about Ky Son, see its potential, advantages and connections to help Ky Son develop its economy and society, reduce poverty sustainably, especially stimulate tourism development in the Western region of Nghe An.
After the marathon, Ky Son district will continue to coordinate with professional agencies and organizing units to organize annual marathons and similar cultural - sports - tourism events; for example, professional running competitions, conquering Puxailaileng peak or activities surrounding the recognition of Yen Hoa ancient tower (My Ly) as a provincial historical and cultural relic...
