Community-based tourism in Hau Giang province

The Community-Based Tourism Development Project sets a goal that by 2025, with a vision for 2030, Hau Giang will become a new destination for community-based tourism in the Mekong Delta region.

Community tourism in the future

The project hopes that when mentioning community-based tourism in Hau Giang, tourists will remember the generous, warm-hearted, hospitable communities and the rich culinary experiences typical of Southern Vietnam. Community-based tourism in this region will connect activities that create agricultural products with the harmony of nature and the picturesque rivers and waterways.

Visitors view the community-based tourism model in Nga Bay City, Hau Giang Province.

Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, Provincial Party Committee member and Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hau Giang province, said that the province has divided community-based tourism into clusters based on favorable factors such as transportation, geographical location, and similarities in resources and tourism products. Accordingly, Hau Giang's community-based tourism is divided into four clusters, including: the cluster of Vi Thanh City and Vi Thuy District; the cluster of Long My Town and Long My District; the cluster of Phung Hiep District and Nga Bay City; and the cluster of Chau Thanh District and Chau Thanh A District. In the future, community-based tourism in Hau Giang will develop many distinctive products.

Specifically, the group of community-based tourism products related to agriculture is being implemented in the Cau Duc pineapple growing area, Vi Thanh agricultural market (Vi Thanh City), Muong Dinh homestay, Ngoc Dao goat farm, turtle breeding facility (Chau Thanh A District), Hai Khanh floating village, and households growing jackfruit, seedless lemons, and Nam Roi pomelos in Chau Thanh District. The group of community-based tourism products is also linked to betel leaf growing villages (Vi Thuy District), basket weaving villages (Nga Bay City), and broom-making and chopstick-making villages in Phung Hiep District.

The road to Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve

The group of community-based tourism products combines visits to the following national historical sites: the Chương Thiện Victory, the Vị Thanh - Hỏa Lựu strategic area, the Vàm Cái Sình Victory historical site (Vị Thanh City), the Tầm Vu Victory historical site (Châu Thành A District), the Southern Vietnam Joint Armistice Committee Headquarters historical site (Ngã Bảy City), and the Cần Thơ Provincial Party Committee Base historical site (Phụng Hiệp District).

The ecotourism product group is linked to ecology and natural landscapes, with highlights including Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve, Spring Tourist Area (Phung Hiep District), and tourist boats on the Xa No canal (Vi Thanh City).

The group of community-based tourism products associated with cuisine and OCOP products includes soursop cultivation and processing facilities (Long My District), and mandarin orange growing areas in Long Tri Commune (Long My Town). The group of community-based tourism products associated with high-tech agriculture and circular agriculture is being implemented in Chau Thanh A District and Chau Thanh District.

Community tourism support

The project will focus on investing in, building, and developing various community-based tourism models in Vi Thanh City, Nga Bay City, Chau Thanh A District, and continue to support existing community-based tourism sites. By 2030, the province aims to expand community-based tourism sites to all districts, towns, and cities in the area.

People in Chau Thanh District, Hau Giang Province, harvest seedless lemons.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province, the project continues to apply existing policies of Hau Giang and central government programs and policies to support businesses and households operating in the field of community-based tourism. The province will create a favorable and attractive business environment for businesses and households engaged in community-based tourism; and at the same time, support the resolution of legal procedures, helping businesses and households participating in community-based tourism to operate fully and legally.

Hau Giang is developing regulations and policies to protect local cultural, historical, and natural values ​​and promote the sustainable development of community-based tourism (CBT). This includes developing transportation infrastructure connecting CBT destinations and implementing a strategy to promote CBT; strengthening training and capacity building for local people, and ensuring quality services so that everyone can participate effectively in the tourism industry.

The province is investing in tourism infrastructure, building facilities, renovating and preserving historical and cultural relics; strengthening environmental management, protecting natural resources, and creating unique and innovative tourism experiences that play a crucial role in attracting tourists; improving the quality of community-based tourism services, especially the spirit and attitude of service of the people of Hau Giang; and strengthening quality control of activities to ensure that tourists have the best possible experience.

OCOP products of Hau Giang

"Hau Giang is strongly cooperating with provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region and Ho Chi Minh City on community-based tourism; building new community-based tourism products based on distinctive local cultural features; focusing on developing eco-tourism products, organic products, and clean products to serve tourists; promoting and strengthening the nationwide movement to protect national security for all stakeholders in community-based tourism activities; promoting socialization to attract resources for the development of human resources in community-based tourism; diversifying forms of community-based tourism training; gradually improving the capacity of the workforce in the tourism industry in professional skills, foreign languages, information technology, and social media skills, and standardized behavior; training and implementing a code of conduct for civilized tourism...", Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa informed.

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