Cam Mountain, untapped advantage

Road up to Cam Mountain, Nui Cam Commune. Photo: PHAM HIEU

Cam Mountain has many streams, lakes, and unique mountain and forest ecosystems; especially the climate on the mountain top is cool all year round, known as "Da Lat of the West", very suitable for resort and health care activities... On the top of this mountain there is also a Maitreya Buddha statue over 33m high, which is an Asian record, attracting a lot of pilgrims. In addition, tourists can also visit Thanh Long Lake, Thuy Liem Lake, Ta Lot Lake; bathe in Tien Stream, Otuksa Stream amidst the beautiful mountain and forest scenery...", Secretary of the Party Committee of Cam Mountain Commune Pham Van Phuc introduced.

Travel agencies believe that, in addition to the potential for spiritual, natural, and culinary tourism, Nui Cam commune also has a period of 3-6 months during the flood season, with agricultural sub-regions growing rice, crops, and fruit trees. This is a condition for developing tourism products to experience the flood season and agricultural tourism. However, these strengths have not been exploited into typical local products. "Although the locality has begun to develop some homestays and farmstay tourism, they have not yet met the standards for exploiting high-spending tourism, especially international tourists," said Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Tu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aldentravel.

Tourists take souvenir photos at Phu Si homestay in Cam mountain.

Director of Vietravel Long Xuyen Ly Chan An affirmed that Cam Mountain is a rare “treasure”, which has both cultural and religious values and potential for eco-tourism and relaxation. However, tourism to Cam Mountain is still limited to pilgrimage and short-term sightseeing, lacking proper investment to become a regional-scale tourist area. “It is possible to upgrade the pagoda and Buddha statue into a modern spiritual tourism complex, associated with the organization of annual Buddhist festival events; build a sightseeing route "Buddhist road of Cam mountain", at the same time digitize information, multilingual explanations; connect the Sam mountain tourist cluster, Ba Chua Xu temple; periodically organize the flower lantern releasing ceremony on the full moon day and the Banh Xeo or vegetarian dish festival at the beginning of the month... to exploit spiritual and cultural tourism. In addition, it is possible to develop eco-resorts, resorts, homestays, local herbal spas, rowing on Thuy Liem lake; invest in trekking routes, adventure sports tourism, mountain biking around Cam mountain, exploit tourism and sports streams. Set up a light show - 3D mapping on the Buddha statue or Thuy Liem lake surface; recreate the mysterious history of That Son along with night market activities... to exploit night tourism", Mr. An suggested.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Tu believes that the locality needs to develop standard homestays and farmstay tourism. “Every year, we welcome many international tourists to Chau Doc and Tra Su. They love to experience boat trips on the Chau Doc River, explore the nature in the Melaleuca forest... and then go to Chau Phong to visit and experience the brocade weaving of the Cham people. International tourists will love staying at the beautiful homestay on the mountainside of Cam Mountain; going to dig the land to grow vegetables every day; making banh xeo by themselves, picking mountain vegetables to enjoy,” Ms. Tu shared.

Recognizing both objective and subjective "bottlenecks", the People's Committee of Cam Mountain commune requested the Department of Tourism to advise the Provincial People's Committee to soon orientate the development of tourism in Cam Mountain appropriately; upgrade and expand connecting traffic infrastructure; services - trade... "We will proactively manage security and order, strengthen image promotion, connect businesses, travel agencies to design tours and routes to bring tourists to visit and relax", said Mr. Pham Van Phuc. Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism Nguyen Thanh Quoc said that the specialized sector re-evaluated the tourism resources of Cam Mountain and proposed the Provincial People's Committee to have a specific tourism development policy for each destination, exploiting the strengths to the maximum and encouraging businesses to create many unique and attractive tourism products to serve tourists...

PHAM HIEU

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/nui-cam-loi-the-chua-khai-mo-a462051.html