It is necessary to overcome limitations so that traditional medicine products can create momentum for tourism development.

Recently, some localities in the country have paid more attention to developing health care tourism. The combination has brought high value to the combination of the medical and tourism industries, creating a tour program combining medical tourism and health care suitable for domestic and international tourist markets.

Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Traditional Medicine practice physical therapy for foreign tourists at an international tourism fair.

However, despite the abundant potential, Vietnam's traditional medicine tourism products are still poor, the number of establishments recognized as meeting standards for serving tourists is still small, the human resources are still thin, and the technical facilities are also limited... Therefore, it is necessary to have policies to mobilize social resources in investment, upgrading infrastructure, technology, improving the quality of services, traditional medicine products serving tourists; early recognition of establishments, products, and services that meet standards; have a roadmap for training and fostering professional human resources to ensure adequate qualifications and skills to serve tourists. Thereby, it is necessary to pay attention to building a high-quality workforce participating in the system of providing traditional medicine and pharmaceutical services and products serving tourists, developing and improving the quality of expertise and professionalism of medical staff participating in the system of providing traditional medicine and pharmaceutical services and products serving tourists. Develop training materials, provide professional guidance on traditional medicine and organize training for tourism personnel participating in the supply chain of traditional medicine and pharmaceutical products. Develop training materials, provide professional guidance on tourism and organize training for medical staff providing traditional medicine and pharmaceutical services to tourists. Standardize foreign language skills for staff providing traditional medicine and pharmaceutical services to tourists; Develop documents on the use of simple traditional medicine methods, methods of using drugs, massage and acupressure methods, physical therapy, qigong, yoga, and herbal medicine... and train personnel directly practicing at resorts, spas, saunas, massage, acupressure, and physiotherapy facilities, hotels... Building a resort model combined with the use of traditional medicine and health care services, increasing the use of traditional medicine and health care services and products in eco-tourism areas, spiritual tourism, resorts, and potential hotels... To make Vietnamese traditional medicine and medicine a mainstream tourism product line with high quality, bringing economic efficiency to tourism and health, in which traditional medicine and medicine products create momentum for tourism development.

Thanh Tung