Phu Tho develops economy from tourism potential

Phu Tho is the ancestral land, where the Hung Kings built Van Lang - the first state of the Vietnamese people, where the cultural values ​​of Van Lang - Au Lac are converging from the Hung King era to the present.

Hung Temple is recognized as a special national historical and cultural relic (Photo: Internet)

Besides, Phu Tho has a rich and attractive natural tourism resource such as: Xuan Son National Park; Thanh Thuy hot mineral water tourist area; Long Coc tea hill, My Thuan tea hill, Ao Chau lagoon, Van Hoi lagoon, Mo waterfall... which are natural landscapes of mountains and rivers in the midland land.

Identifying tourism as a key economic sector, Phu Tho is promoting investment attraction activities, enhancing the value of tourist areas and spots, preserving and promoting heritage, historical and cultural values.

Phu Tho can develop diverse types of ecological, cultural and historical tourism ( Photo: Internet)

Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Tho province - Nguyen Dac Thuy, said that the province focuses on developing the smokeless industry, creating a foundation for Phu Tho tourism to be an attractive and safe destination for domestic and international tourists.

That is to develop tourism associated with preserving and promoting the cultural and historical values ​​of the ancestral land. Phu Tho is the destination of 3 world cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO including Xoan singing in Phu Tho, Hung King worship in Phu Tho and Ca tru, this is the unique and attractive feature to create attention and attraction for tourists. At the same time, Phu Tho tourism has built the tourism brand "Phu Tho - Returning to the national origin" to leave a good impression in the hearts of tourists.

With that orientation, in recent years, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has always focused on preserving and promoting the unique cultural values ​​of Phu Tho. Up to now, it has consulted on the construction of dossiers to propose the recognition of 12 national intangible cultural heritages and 05 national treasures. These are potential cultural tourism resources to build into unique cultural tourism products to attract domestic and international tourists.

Specialized tourism products are focused on building and developing: Cultural tourism products associated with exploiting the cultural heritage values ​​of the Hung King era and 2 intangible cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO as "Hung King worship in Phu Tho", "Phu Tho Xoan singing"; eco-tourism, resort and entertainment products associated with exploiting the value of Thanh Thuy hot mineral water, tourist attractions of Ao Chau lagoon, Van Hoi lagoon, Long Coc tea hill, community tourism products at Xuan Son national park tourist area, Hung Lo community cultural tourism site; international river tourism products to experience Sai Nga conical hat craft villages, Gia Thanh and Hung Lo ancient village...

In the coming time, Phu Tho tourism will develop some new types of tourism such as: rural agricultural experience tourism products; educational tourism products - school tourism, etc., which will create new attractions for tourists.

Develop safe tourism products; organize Business Matching programs. Strengthen connections between tourism service businesses and craft villages to introduce OCOP products in Phu Tho province; connect to build agricultural tourism tours; link to build "Return to the Ancestral Land" tours; participate in the Southern Folk Cake Competition held in Can Tho City, Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival and International Tourism Fair in Hanoi (in April 2022).

Long Coc tea hill, Tan Son district (Photo: Internet)

Phu Tho province also focuses on prioritizing investment in developing key infrastructure in tourist centers, focusing on investing resources, striving to build Viet Tri into a festival city returning to the roots of the Vietnamese people; linking cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO with eco-resorts, entertainment areas; encouraging and supporting businesses to invest and develop tourist areas and spots in the province; supporting the development of community tourism; having a mechanism to support establishments producing products, typical products of the province, souvenirs. Enhancing and promoting the construction of tourism products associated with the exploitation and promotion of the value of two intangible cultural heritages: Phu Tho Xoan singing and Hung King worship. Strengthening joint ventures and linkages between travel businesses operating in product chains inside and outside the province, building attractive tours to attract tourists to Phu Tho; Encourage tourism establishments and businesses to strengthen training and attract quality tourism human resources, contributing to the development of Phu Tho tourism, commensurate with its potential and advantages./.

Yanjiang