Selecting the historical relic cluster of Con Temple and Rocket Cave to include in the National tourism tour

Attending the meeting, on behalf of the Department of Tourism, there were comrade Nguyen Manh Cuong - Director of the Department, Deputy Directors, leaders of departments and the Tourism Promotion Information Center.

On the side of Hoang Mai Town, there were comrade Vo Van Dung - Secretary of Hoang Mai Town Party Committee, comrades in the Standing Committee, Town Party Committee, leaders and representatives of departments of the Town People's Committee.

Hoang Mai town has diverse resources, with strengths in sea tourism, spiritual tourism, craft villages... With 18km of coastline stretching from Quynh Lap to Quynh Lien, there are many historical and cultural relics, scenic spots, capable of attracting tourists.

Among these, Con Temple is one of the famous sacred places in the North Central provinces and is also a tourist, historical, cultural and spiritual site that has been recognized as a National Historical and Cultural Relic since 1993. Every year, the temple welcomes tens of thousands of visitors from within and outside the province.

Boat racing at Con Temple Festival. Photo: Tran To

With the above conditions, potentials and advantages, Hoang Mai Town can build tourist areas and destinations with attractive and competitive tourism products such as: beach tourism, resort tourism, eco-tourism, spiritual tourism, sports tourism, culinary and cultural tourism, Mice tourism...

At the meeting, after listening to the report on the local tourism development situation, many delegates participated in a frank discussion to make contributions to promote the local tourism potential in the coming time, the contents focused on key issues such as: Building a tourism development plan associated with urban planning until 2030, vision to 2050 and in line with the tourism development strategy of the province and the region; Selecting and building specific tourism products with strengths and differences from other localities to include in the province's tours and tours linked with regions and localities in the province and in the country to attract tourists to experience new, unique tourism products of Hoang Mai Town.

Offering incense at the Fire Rocket Cave historical site, Hoang Mai town. Photo: Thanh Chung

In particular, continue to strengthen propaganda and promotion of destinations to effectively exploit traditional tourism types: beach tourism, culinary tourism, craft village tourism... especially the Con Temple Festival.

The opening of Con Temple Festival is also an important highlight for Hoang Mai Town to open the 2019 tourist season, aiming to develop the town quickly and strongly, meeting the requirements of becoming one of the key tourist localities of Nghe An province.