Resolution 40 - a boost for tourism development

The Hong Phong Water Puppetry Troupe has just received financial support from the Provincial People's Committee.

"Seed capital" creates new motivation

Receiving the decision of the Provincial People's Committee to support 50 million VND for Hong Phong water puppetry troupe, Hong Phong commune (Ninh Giang), the members here were all excited.

Mr. Pham Van Tong, Head of Hong Phong Water Puppetry Troupe, said that the troupe’s activities have long faced many difficulties, especially in terms of funding for repairs, purchasing puppets, costumes, and performance equipment. The funding provided this time will certainly help the troupe improve its facilities to maintain better operations.

Along with the Hong Phong water puppetry troupe, the Trinh Xuyen village clay artillery team, Nghia An commune (Ninh Giang) was also supported with 50 million VND by the provincial People's Committee. Artisan Pham Quang Diep said that upon receiving the decision, the team held a meeting at the village cultural house, and all members were excited. "We have made a detailed plan for the use of this support money," said Mr. Diep.

The Trinh Xuyen village clay artillery team will prioritize the supported money to buy new costumes, drums, and trumpets. “My hometown’s clay artillery has been recognized as an OCOP product. To promote this unique product, the first impression must be a beautiful formation. To have a beautiful formation, the costumes must be new and bright,” Mr. Diep happily said. The rest of the clay artillery team will be used to train the next generation of young people. This is important because most of the team members are old.

Up to this point, in addition to the above two units, the Traditional Arts Club of Long Dong tourist site, Nam Tan commune (Nam Sach) has also received support of 50 million VND.

This is the first time Hai Duong has a policy to support tourism development. According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Van, Vice Chairman of Ninh Giang District People's Committee, the above development support policy demonstrates the province's great concern for preserving traditional cultural values of the nation, while creating motivation to develop the tourism industry, encouraging those who are taking on certain roles in the development of tourist spots and areas, orienting the vision for local leaders from commune to district... Although the amount of money is not large, it is like "seed capital", creating motivation to maintain and improve the quality of operations of units. From there, creating connectivity between tourist areas and points so that tourists know more.

Implement support policies regardless of arrangement

According to Resolution 40, the subjects of application are organizations, families, and individuals doing business and developing tourism in provincial-level tourist areas and tourist spots recognized by the Provincial People's Committee according to the provisions of the Law on Tourism or in communes, wards, and towns with tourist areas and spots.

From the supported amount, the Trinh Xuyen village artillery team, Nghia An commune (Ninh Giang) will use a portion to buy new uniforms.

Support forms are diverse such as construction of works (houses with rooms for tourists to rent, also known as homestays; houses to welcome guests, display, purchase tourism products, agricultural and rural products; internal roads, public toilets, parking lots); purchase of means of transport for tourists; establishment and maintenance of art troupes, mass art clubs, water puppetry troupes, clay artillery teams... with levels ranging from 30 - 600 million VND.

Recently, in the context of the entire political system focusing on the revolution of streamlining the apparatus, the cultural sector from the province to the grassroots level has been very active in bringing Resolution 40 into life soon.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued documents directing, urging and guiding the People's Committees of districts, towns, cities, tourist areas and spots to review and prepare documents to request support. The Department has established an Art Appraisal Council for performing arts programs of mass art clubs in tourist areas and spots according to Resolution 40.

In the spirit of not allowing any procedures to be suspended, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed to the province to direct the district-level People's Committees to continue reviewing instructions, implementing the preparation of dossiers requesting support for subjects according to Resolution 40 and transferring them to the commune-level People's Committees after the district level finishes its activities.

Hai Duong currently has 21 recognized tourist areas and spots, but so far only 3 units have received support decisions. Hopefully, in the coming time, the province will continue to have more policies to support tourism development more extensively.

LE HUONG

Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/nghi-quyet-40-cu-hich-phat-trien-du-lich-413115.html