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| Pirate Islands seen from above. (Mother Ha's photo) |
Located less than 30km from Ha Tien city by sea, adjacent to Cambodia and about 40km from Phu Quoc island district, Tien Hai island commune has 16 floating islands and two submerged islands (with a total natural area of more than 251ha). located in the "Pirate" archipelago. People here are used to calling the islands with unique names such as: Big Hon Tre (also known as Hon Doc), Small Hon Tre, Tre Vinh, Big Doi Moi, Small Doi Moi, Hon Giang, Hon Duoc, Hon Doi. Mound, Banh Tet, Banh It, Hon Ruoi, Rui Rui, Golden Ant, Biscuit, Banh To, Hon Phu Tu, Floating Stone 1 and Floating Rock 2.
Tien Hai island commune currently has 480 households with about 2.000 people, living mainly on Hon Tre island, Hon Giang, Hon Duoc and Hon U. In which Hon Tre is the largest island - the administrative center of the commune. The people on the archipelago mainly live on exploitation, fishing and aquaculture; there are a few households doing small business services.
It took nearly an hour to sit on a speedboat from Ha Tien city, we set foot on the "Pirate" archipelago. In the sea, there are thousands of fisherman's cages raising seafood on the island. Here, there is a fine sand beach stretching and winding with clear blue sea water under a rare unspoiled natural space.
The "Pirate" archipelago is a strange destination for tourists right from the name. The name "Pirate Islands" that folk still call comes from the mystery related to piracy (piracy). Around the end of the 17th century, the beginning of the 18th century, garrisoned pirates hid, ambushed and attacked merchant ships passing through the Ha Tien-Rach Gia bay area to the Gulf of Thailand (an important maritime route from China to the Gulf of Thailand). to Western countries). Until the early years of the 20th century, piracy was still raging in this sea.
The name "Pirate Islands" that folk still call comes from the mystery related to piracy (piracy). Around the end of the 17th century, the beginning of the 18th century, garrisoned pirates hid, ambushed and attacked merchant ships passing through the Ha Tien-Rach Gia bay area to the Gulf of Thailand (an important maritime route from China to the Gulf of Thailand). to Western countries). Until the early years of the 20th century, piracy was still raging in this sea.
In the late 1980s, a foreigner entered the island with the intention of searching for treasure. The spread of a 300-year-old map that only leads to treasure on the island and a large number of ancient coins found on the island makes "Pirate" island "especially mysterious" to tourists. guest (!?).
Although not as famous as Phu Quoc and Nam Du, in recent years the "Pirate" archipelago has been loved by tourists for its rare wild scenery and different experiences when "three together" with local fishermen. . One of the famous attractions here is the Vietnamese sovereign stele built in 1958. The beer is located on the only white sand beach of the large Hon Tre island, less than 1km southwest of the wharf.
After visiting the sovereignty beer, the experience that leaves an impression with tourists is renting a boat with fishermen to smaller islands to see corals, fishing or diving to catch sea urchins... Sea urchin (also known as sea urchin) is a special feature. produce here. Using a metal tongs, dive to a depth of about 3m to catch the urchin. After catching, Nhum will be sieved to break all the spines, cut in half to eat raw, roast onions or cook porridge.
On the big island of Hon Tre, there is only one main road, one side is majestic mountains, one side is the blue sea, so visitors can rent bicycles to run around the island without fear of getting lost.
On the island there is a white sand beach stretching several hundred meters, visitors can comfortably swim and play games; or participate in scuba diving to see the corals near the shore... You can even go with the fishermen here to go squid fishing, fishing (at night) and scuba diving to catch shellfish, crabs, snails... to experience new feelings! Since about 5 years, tourists from the mainland to the island have gradually increased, creating more income from service businesses for residents on the island, although tourism services have not yet developed on this archipelago.
Vice Chairman of Tien Hai Commune People's Committee, Ms. Luong Thao Ly said: In 2017, Tien Hai commune was officially recognized as a provincial tourist area (according to Decision No. 2933 by the People's Committee of Kien Giang province). Implementing the project "Development of community tourism in the period 29-12", Tien Hai commune has established a community tourism management board, focusing on propagating the project's content to each household on the island to create consensus. highly favorable.
The commune creates favorable conditions for households to borrow capital to invest in facilities for community tourism such as building and upgrading motels, cuisine, yachts, equipment...; organizing training courses to serve tourism, responsible community tourism, catering business, homestay and investing in opening a number of tourist routes, so far business households have boldly invested, improved provide and expand service facilities to meet the needs of tourists.
The "Pirate" archipelago has many beautiful beaches, especially Bai Bac with a long stretch of white sand; there is a wharf built during the French colonial period; and sovereignty milestones along with Dinh Ba, Son Hoa pagoda, Franciscan Church (in the campus of Francis Xavier Church); Surrounded by small islands (such as: Hon Giang, Hon Duoc, Hon Tre Vinh) with charming stretches of white sand... The climate here is cool all year round, clear blue sea and rarely storms. More than 100 fisherman's rafts raising seafood in the sea create a spectacular scene typical for tourists from the mainland…
According to Ms. Luong Thao Ly, to serve tourists coming to the island to visit and relax, Tien Hai people have formed 15 catering, accommodation, shopping and refreshment service establishments; in which there are six restaurants with overnight accommodation service, total capacity of 1.300 guests/day. In addition, the island commune has 12 accommodation establishments (with 105 rooms, accommodating from 600-750 guests/night).
However, currently, the number of visitors staying at the highest number mainly falls on holidays, Tet and weekends. Earlier this year, Tien Hai commune invested three more electric cars as a means of bringing tourists around the island.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Tien Hai commune Phan Hong Phuc said: Not only know how to get rich from the sea, in recent years, fishermen on the "Pirate" archipelago have gradually become accustomed to doing tourism services. The archipelago is also gradually known to tourists as a new discovery point on the tourist map of Vietnam. The islanders are simple, friendly, and always treat tourists like relatives returning home.
Not only know how to get rich from the sea, in recent years, fishermen on the "Pirate" archipelago have gradually become accustomed to working as tourism services. The archipelago is also gradually known to tourists as a new discovery point on the tourist map of Vietnam. The islanders are simple, friendly, and always treat tourists like relatives returning home.
Chairman of Tien Hai Commune People's Committee Phan Hong Phuc
Guests are well received; If you want to visit the fish raft, take a boat around the island, diving for crabs and snails, they enthusiastically take them away, with thoughtful instructions like relatives, so tourists love it. The good news is far away, so more and more tourists come to explore the island commune. The people on the island are also happy because there are more jobs and income.
One of the notes of visitors when setting foot on the "Pirate" archipelago is the awareness of environmental protection of the people here. It is very rare to see littering on the island. Every resident on the island has a very high sense of keeping the environment clean. Walking around the island, you will often encounter the scene where the residents, regardless of adults or children, actively pick up the waste scattered on the street and put it in the trash. And Tien Hai is also one of the very few communes in Kien Giang that has a modern waste treatment plant.
At the end of April, the commune government signed a memorandum of cooperation with Newstar Tourist Co., Ltd (Hanoi) to jointly promote the advantages and potential of local tourism development in the next two years. Newstar Tourist Company will develop the content of new products, specific tourism products, in order to enrich the local product ecosystem.
Connecting businesses in the tourism industry: travel, accommodation, transportation ... to develop services, improve the value of tourism products of Tien Hai commune. Coordinate to promote the image of tourism, destinations, people and culture of Tien Hai on the mass media, website, fanpage and social network...
With the cooperation with Newstar Tourist Co., Ltd., it is hoped that this year's peak tourist season, the "Pirate" archipelago will be an attractive destination to welcome tourists from near and far to explore and enjoy the wild beauty. of the sea and islands in the southernmost part of the country.
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