Developing tourism associated with ethnic minority cultural values

As a highland area with valuable products in heritage and culture, Dak Lak province has for many years used this as a basis to develop tourism, enhance its position and competitiveness, and improve people's lives.

Located in the cultural space of the Central Highlands, each ethnic group in Dak Lak has its own cultural identity, therefore, Dak Lak province has a diversity and richness in customs, traditional culture of the regions, in which, the local ethnic minorities have their own distinct cultural characteristics, such as: Epic poems (Dam San, Xing Nha, Dam Di) passed down orally, spoken language, written language of the Ede people, M'nong people,...

Therefore, in the report "Results of implementing the National Target Program (NTP) on socio -economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2025; proposed contents and solutions for the period 2026 - 2030", one of the projects that Dak Lak province (old) is interested in is preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development.

Specifically, the allocated budget for implementation is 71,482 million VND (64,232 million VND from the central budget; 7,250 million VND from the provincial budget); 43,057 million VND has been disbursed, reaching 60.2% of the plan (39,221 million VND from the central budget; 3,836 million VND from the provincial budget).

Developing ethnic minority cultural values associated with tourism development helps improve people's lives

In the period from 2021 to 2024, Dak Lak province (old) has carried out 329/322 activities according to the targets assigned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, including: Completing, accepting and putting into use the Project to support investment in building typical tourist destinations in Ea Kao ward (formerly Ea Kao commune) - Buon Ma Thuot city, Buon Jun - Lien Son town - Lak district; Project to renovate, upgrade, expand and build new cultural houses and sports grounds for a number of villages and hamlets in a number of districts and Buon Ho town is preparing documents for implementation according to regulations;...

In addition, the province also supports investment in the construction and upgrading of 44 cultural and sports institutions in villages and hamlets; Preserves and promotes 9 typical traditional festivals of ethnic minorities; Organizes 32 training courses, professional development on the preservation and promotion of intangible culture; Builds traditional cultural models of ethnic minorities; Builds folk culture clubs; Supports the activities of 73 traditional art troupes in villages and hamlets in ethnic minority areas; Supports the promotion of tourism and typical traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities to tourists;...

Ede culture in cuisine

It can be said that over the past years, Dak Lak province has focused on supporting the preservation of cultural villages, historical relics, cultural identities and traditional arts, creating conditions for the community to participate in community tourism activities, aiming to improve the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities. From there, gradually changing the awareness and perception of all classes of people in the work of preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values of ethnic groups.

However, during the project implementation, the province still encountered some difficulties and challenges in purchasing costumes, props, musical instruments; sound and lighting equipment to meet the minimum needs of practice and performance with some specific requirements for each locality (according to the guidance of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), so the implementation process still had certain limitations. Some localities did not have enough human resources to conduct scientific research on projects related to intangible culture and traditional culture of ethnic minorities, especially research on restoration, preservation and promotion of cultural values.

To overcome limitations and promote achievements, in 2025, Dak Lak province sets a goal to continue supporting the development of the community economy throughout the area, diversifying tourism products, serving domestic and foreign tourists. At the same time, the province aims to make tourism a key economic sector by 2030, developing sustainably, commensurate with the potential and advantages available in the central region of the Central Highlands.

Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/phat-trien-du-lich-gan-voi-gia-tri-van-hoa-dan-toc-thieu-so-2025073122315817.htm