Awakening Tan Ky's tourism potential
(Baonghean) - With a rich and unique cultural identity, many beautiful landscapes and biodiversity, Tan Ky district is considered to have great potential for tourism development. To exploit that potential, all levels, sectors and people in the district have taken part with many positive solutions.
Stay in a stilt house and eat Thai specialties
During these summer days, Tien Ky commune (Tan Ky) "attracts" tourists to experience the majestic natural scenery of mountains and forests, explore pristine caves, beautiful waterfalls and unique customs of the Thai ethnic group in Thai Minh village (100% of the village's households are Thai).
Coming here, visitors can immerse themselves in the peaceful life of the small village with unique stilt houses nestled at the foot of the mountain. Every day, Thai women still meticulously weave colorful brocade skirts, pillows, and bags...
When tourists come, the women also directly prepare special dishes of the Thai people such as: bamboo rice, grilled fish, soup, bamboo shoots... and enjoy the Lam Vong dance with tourists next to the jar of rice wine.
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| Tourists experience traditional brocade weaving in Thai Minh village, Tien Ky commune (Tan Ky). Photo: Dinh Nguyet |
From Tien Ky commune, visitors only need to travel within the distance to explore many beautiful and unique landscapes in Tan Ky district such as: the pristine and majestic Hong Son waterfall, the picturesque Thung Khien cave cluster in Tan Hop commune; the thousand-year-old Sanh tree - a Vietnamese heritage tree in Ke Mui village, Giai Xuan commune...
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Thuy and her family and friends from Vinh city came to Tan Ky to visit the above areas and shared with great excitement: “The trip to Tan Ky gave us a wonderful experience when we were able to admire the majestic and beautiful natural scenery that we had just discovered about the National historical site of Km 0 and the unique cultural features of the Thai ethnic people here. However, the tourist attractions of Tan Ky are still pristine, if invested and developed, they will certainly become attractive tourist destinations for visitors from all over the world.”
“Awakening” potential
As a land with a proud history and culture, many historical relics, beautiful and interesting landscapes, diverse and unique cultural identity, Tan Ky district attracts domestic and foreign tourists in the way of "natural fragrance". In order to "awaken" the rich potential, Tan Ky district has identified tourism development as one of the focuses for sustainable economic development. The district People's Committee has proposed a tourism development roadmap from now until 2020 and the following years with many solutions to open up the local tourism potential.
Mr. Trinh Huu Thanh - Vice Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee said: "Since 2016, after master planning each tourist cluster, the district has assigned communes with tourism development potential to carry out land planning, which has now been basically completed. At the same time, capital sources have been mobilized to upgrade and repair the traffic system to tourist destinations such as Hong Son waterfall (Tan Hop); there is a road from Nghia Hanh, Phu Son through Tien Ky commune. The Provincial People's Committee has a policy to build a road from Lat town to Tien Ky. Along with that, the district creates conditions for localities to attract investment. Focus on doing a good job of propaganda to raise awareness among local people about tourism development. Currently, there are a number of businesses surveying and planning to invest in building Mo waterfall (Tien Ky), Hong Son waterfall (Tan Hop)...".
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| Thai Minh village still preserves many stilt houses and is an attractive community tourism destination in Tan Ky. Photo: Dinh Nguyet |
In the strategy for developing community tourism in Tan Ky, Tien Ky commune is identified as a highlight with the goal of welcoming 3,500 tourists by 2020. Mr. Truong Cong Thach - Chairman of Tien Ky Commune People's Committee said: Implementing the project "Developing community tourism in Tien Ky commune, Tan Ky district to 2020, with a vision to 2025", the locality mobilized households in the village to renovate and upgrade stilt houses and selected 8 households with conditions to participate in the pilot model, preparing conditions to serve tourists.
At the same time, the locality has systematically restored the traditional Buon Xao festival. Recently, the district has organized for commune officials and people of Thai Minh village to visit the community tourism model and plans to continue to open training courses on tour guides, cuisine, culture and arts, security, environmental sanitation... for the people, to deploy the community tourism model.
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| Thousand-year-old banyan tree in Ke Mui village, Giai Xuan commune (Tan Ky). Photo: Dinh Nguyet |
Often welcoming visiting tourist groups, members of Lao Thi Hai family (Thai Minh village) are always warm, friendly and skillful in promoting traditional crafts, helping tourists experience weaving, introducing traditional products, cultural beauty of indigenous people, local attractions... Thanks to propaganda, training and visiting community tourism models, Thai Minh villagers have gradually formed the awareness of doing tourism.
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| Milestone Km 0, Lat town (Tan Ky) - National historical site. Photo: Dinh Nguyet |
To attract tourists, Tan Ky district aims to build tours and experiential tourism routes through attractive destinations with rich tourism potential in the district. To do so, it is necessary to have the attention of investors, build infrastructure, effectively exploit destinations; build unique tourism products and raise people's awareness of tourism, thereby effectively exploiting available potential.