Linking trade and service development with tourism

Thao Nguyen Ward has encouraged and created conditions for organizations and individuals to invest in diversifying service types, meeting the increasingly high and diverse needs of people and tourists; turning advantages in geographical location, natural landscape and high-tech agriculture into unique commercial products and tourism services with high added value, attracting tourists and increasing income for people.

Mr. Nguyen The Nghia, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thao Nguyen Ward, said: With outstanding advantages in terms of central location, typical climate and landscape, it has created a strong driving force to promote growth, investment, trade and services. Promoting the role of a dynamic urban center, exploiting the maximum potential advantages and investment human resources, gradually building the ward into a modern, ecological, smart and livable tourist city.

If in the past, accommodation services were mainly traditional hotels and motels, now the ward has exploded with diverse resort models. Notable are the high-end resorts Thao Nguyen Resort; Muong Thanh Moc Chau hotel, providing 4-star services with ideal resort space.

Mr. Le Van Anh, Director of Thao Nguyen Hotel & Resort, informed: We strive to create a high-class accommodation space, in line with the trend of developing green and sustainable tourism. Aiming for higher standards and more diverse services, we will continue to upgrade facilities, expand the scale of conference and seminar rooms, to organize large-scale domestic and international events.

Winmart+ convenience store serves the consumer needs of people in Thao Nguyen ward.

The food and shopping service system is increasingly flourishing with ethnic specialty restaurants, cafes with beautiful spaces; convenience stores, mini supermarkets and points of introduction of OCOP products, typical agricultural products of Moc Chau, such as tea, milk, plums, strawberries...

The unique feature of Thao Nguyen in particular and Moc Chau National Tourist Area in general is the ability to turn agriculture into an attractive tourism product. The ward has actively promoted and supported cooperatives and households to link and build experiential agricultural tourism models. With plum gardens, orange gardens, rose gardens, tea hills, and dairy farms, these are indispensable "check-in" spots for tourists when coming to Moc Chau plateau.

Tourists not only enjoy clean agricultural products on the spot but also take beautiful photos, bringing double income to farmers from selling service tickets and selling agricultural products. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, owner of Lan Duong rose garden, Cho Long residential group, said: Grasping the trend of experiential tourism, instead of just selling fruit to traders, the family invested in renovating the landscape, adding miniature landscapes, photo areas and renting ethnic costumes. Revenue from entrance tickets and selling products in the garden is much more economically efficient.

Visitors take photos at Lan Duong rose garden, Cho Long residential group.

Currently, in the ward there are many attractive tourist areas and spots, such as: Moc Chau night market walking street; Na Ka plum valley, tea hills... The tourism infrastructure is relatively synchronous, with more than 200 hotels, motels, homestays, restaurants providing services... Determining service quality and human factors as key, Thao Nguyen ward has coordinated with functional agencies to organize training courses, foster tourism skills, communication skills, foreign languages for service businesses. State management of prices, food hygiene and safety, security and order at tourist destinations and business establishments has been tightened, building a healthy tourism environment.

Combining trade and service development with tourism not only creates a strong driving force for economic growth, but also contributes to changing the urban landscape and improving the quality of life of the people. Thao Nguyen ward is aiming to become a bustling tourism and service center, worthy of being the center of Moc Chau National Tourist Area - "The world's leading regional natural destination".

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