Railway connection – awakening the tourism potential of Tra land

(PLVN) - In recent years, Thai Nguyen province has been affirming its position as an attractive tourist destination thanks to its advantages in natural resources, rich history and culture, and especially the development of unique tourism products associated with Tea culture.

Creating a unique mark for the tourist railway

Tomorrow - April 26, Thai Nguyen will officially launch the Thai Nguyen Tourism Season 2025 with the theme "Experience the land of tea with its rich identity". This is an opportunity to introduce the potential, strengths, destinations, unique tourism products, and unique culture and cuisine of the locality to domestic and foreign tourists, especially through the railway connecting Hanoi - Thai Nguyen.

Thai Nguyen province has synchronously deployed many contents, notably the design and testing of a multimedia communication system right on the train cars on the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen route, introducing the tea culture, tourist destinations and typical cuisine of Thai Nguyen.

In addition, a Tea cultural space will be built in the waiting room and station area, combined with the display and introduction of typical OCOP products. The promotion of tea products will also be promoted on digital platforms in the railway industry ecosystem.

"Journey to Tea Land", Hanoi - Thai Nguyen tourist railway.

Along with that is the planning and development of landscape along the railway line passing through Thai Nguyen such as planting seasonal flowers, forming iconic tea areas, creating a unique mark for this unique tourist train route.

In particular, a pilot program for a tourist train from Hanoi to Thai Nguyen was also organized, with the participation of representatives of departments, agencies, travel businesses and units in the railway industry. The train was decorated with the theme of Tea culture, opening up the prospect of building a specialized train line for tourism - harmoniously connecting culture, experience and means of transportation.

Tourism potential associated with Tea Culture

Thai Nguyen is the gateway connecting the midland and mountainous areas of the North with the Northern Delta. With a synchronous transportation system, Thai Nguyen has favorable conditions to connect regions and develop sustainable tourism.

In addition, Thai Nguyen province has over 1,000 inventoried relics, nearly 300 craft villages and 313 OCOP products with 3 to 5 star ratings, which is an important foundation for developing experiential tourism products and community tourism.

Thai Nguyen tea is known as "The First Famous Tea".

In particular, Thai Nguyen is famous for being the largest tea growing region in the country with an area of ​​22.2 thousand hectares, an output of 267.5 thousand tons of fresh buds. Total revenue from tea in 2024 is estimated at over 13 trillion VND.

Thai Nguyen tea is not only a key agricultural product, but also a cultural symbol known as “The First Famous Tea”. The art of tea drinking has become a lifestyle imbued with local identity, preserved and promoted through many generations.

In key tea growing areas such as Tan Cuong, Phuc Xuan, La Bang, many cooperatives and tea production facilities have focused on investing in developing tourism services: from accommodation, food and beverage, to taking care of beautiful tea fields, building spaces to experience and display tea products. This is the highlight for agricultural-cultural tourism, aiming at green and sustainable tourism.

Currently, the province has 12 tourist destinations recognized by the Thai Nguyen Provincial People's Committee. Typical is the Thai Hai Ethnic Ecological Stilt House Village Conservation Area. In addition, community tourism destinations such as Tan Cuong, Tan Son, Dung Tan Tourist Trade Center... are attractive destinations, contributing to building the Thai Nguyen tourism brand.

Thai Hai ethnic ecological stilt house village conservation area.

Thai Nguyen province continues to affirm its commitment to accompany and cooperate in developing tourism products associated with tea culture and effectively exploiting the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen railway as a key promotion channel. The cooperation contents include: stimulating tourism, connecting tours, promoting OCOP products, organizing communication programs and practical experiences.

In the context of the tourism industry recovering strongly after the pandemic, creating unique products associated with local identity such as tea culture, combined with unique means of transportation such as trains, is a potential direction for Thai Nguyen to become a typical tourist destination in the northern midland and mountainous region.

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