On the morning of November 29, at Xiem Can Pagoda ( Bac Lieu City), the Organizing Committee of Bac Lieu Culture - Tourism Festival and the Da Co Hoai Lang Festival 2022 held a workshop on developing community tourism products associated with preserving the cultural heritage values of the Khmer ethnic group in the longan garden area and Xiem Can Pagoda (Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City).

Delegates attending the conference.

Attending the workshop were Professor - Labor Hero Nguyen Anh Tri, member of the National Assembly's Social Committee; comrades: Nguyen Van Hoa - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; Phan Thanh Duy - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of the Tourism Department (General Department of Tourism) and more than 100 travel businesses, tourism research experts from Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta region.

Comrade Nguyen Van Hoa - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission, Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee awarded a certificate of merit to the Abbot and the Management Board of Xiem Can Pagoda for their achievements in preserving Khmer cultural heritage values.

Speaking at the workshop, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Phan Thanh Duy emphasized that the organization of the workshop is an opportunity for Bac Lieu Tourism to receive many important opinions from tourism consultants, businesses, local departments and branches in tourism management and business. At the same time, it helps the province orient the development of community tourism to have appropriate, innovative and creative ways to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of tourism development in a sustainable direction, in accordance with the potential and advantages of the longan garden area and the coastal area.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta Tourism Association awarded a certificate of recognition to Xiem Can Pagoda as a typical tourist destination in the region.

At the workshop, delegates said that Bac Lieu's longan garden and Xiem Can pagoda area has great potential for developing community tourism and experiential tourism products. However, the province needs to implement new breakthrough solutions to promote this important economic sector. Specifically, solutions to encourage the participation of local communities in tourism investment activities; organize vocational training classes, career guidance and recruit local people to work in tourism; enhance the role and responsibility of local authorities in managing, conserving and sustainably developing natural resources, creating jobs, improving the lives of people in coastal areas...

On this occasion, the Mekong Delta Tourism Association awarded the Decision to recognize Xiem Can Pagoda as a typical tourist destination of the region; the Provincial People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals of the pagoda with achievements in preserving the cultural heritage values of the Khmer people in the longan garden area and Xiem Can Pagoda.

News and photos: HT

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