Yen Bai - Initial results after more than 2 years of implementing the project "Building Nghia Lo town into a town of culture and tourism in the period of 2021 - 2025" has contributed to improving the material and spiritual life of the people; preserve, preserve and promote the good traditions and cultural identity of ethnic minorities, protect the ecological environment in association with promoting tourism development.
Reporter (Reporter) Yen Bai Newspaper discussed with Mr. Luong Manh Ha - Vice Chairman of Nghia Lo Town People's Committee.
Reporter: Recently, Nghia Lo town has implemented many tasks and solutions to implement the project "Building Nghia Lo town into a town of culture and tourism in the 2021-2025 period". Please tell us the results that the town has achieved in the process of implementing the project up to this point!
Comrade Luong Manh Ha: The implementation of the Project "Building Nghia Lo town into a town of culture and tourism in the period of 2021 - 2025" has initially contributed to improving the material and spiritual life of the people; preserve, preserve and promote the good traditions and cultural identity of ethnic minorities, protect the ecological environment in association with promoting tourism development.
Comrade Luong Manh Ha - Vice Chairman of Nghia Lo Town People's Committee.
Over the past 2 years, focusing on strongly implementing tourism development tasks and solutions, has contributed to the recovery of tourism development after the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, step by step building a tourist destination in the Muong cultural region. Oven; identify outstanding and diverse and attractive tourism products that meet the needs of domestic and foreign tourists, with a focus on cultural tourism, community tourism, and ecotourism. – resort and form a new type of tourism – MICE tourism. With the results achieved, initially contributed to affirming the position of the western tourist center of the province, as a tourist connection point between districts, towns and cities in the province and between Yen Bai province and other provinces. friends in the country.
PV: It is known that in the process of implementing the Scheme, the town has set out many specific and detailed tasks for each branch, agency, unit and individual responsible for implementation. So, can you tell me more about the proposed tasks?
The scheme sets out 33 targets and identifies 76 specific tasks (including 37 cultural tasks, 39 tourism tasks); assigned 16 agencies, units, socio-political mass organizations and 14 communes and wards to assume the prime responsibility for implementation.
Each task assigned in the form of "assigning tasks, contracting products" is chaired by the town's leader, responsible for directing, and by specialized agencies to advise and coordinate agencies, especially to request progress. completion time.
On that basis, monthly and quarterly review and evaluation of implementation progress and results, timely supplement solutions for implementation. The clear assignment and decentralization and the implementation of the individual responsibility regime have contributed to improving the sense of responsibility of each individual and each collective for the implementation of each task, ensuring the closeness and practical and effective.
Reporter: Besides the results achieved, during the implementation of the Project, what difficulties did Nghia Lo town encounter, comrades?
Comrade Luong Manh Ha: In addition to the advantages, the process of implementing the project "Building Nghia Lo town into a cultural and tourist town in the period of 2021-2025", we also encountered some difficulties and obstacles, such as: implementation of the Project at a time when the whole country as well as provinces and towns are highly focused on the prevention and control of the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic on a large scale. This is a large project that requires a lot of resources.
However, the implementation of the Project does not have a specific mechanism and policy, currently combining the implementation of the integration of medium-term public investment capital and support funds from Resolution No. 10 dated April 19. 4 of the People's Council of Yen Bai province.
Besides, there is a shortage of high-quality human resources for tourism development; The skills and expertise of the workforce in the tourism sector are limited and have not yet met the increasing demands of tourists; the rate of trained workers in tourism is still low, workers with professional skills and skills are few, there is a shortage of highly qualified and technical workers...
In addition, the implementation of a number of targets and tasks is still behind schedule such as: the construction of pedestrian, cultural and culinary streets faces difficulties, has not yet called or attracted investors; the development of typical goods of the town (from production, product packaging design, marketing in the market) is still small, lacks synchronization, lacks attractiveness. stimulate the shopping spending needs of tourists; still slow in developing dossiers for recognition of provincial-level tourist attractions, requesting recognition of national intangible cultural heritage...
PV: In order to build Nghia Lo town into a cultural and tourist town according to the roadmap, in the coming time, what solutions will the town focus on, comrades?
Comrade Luong Manh Ha: In order to build Nghia Lo town into a town of culture and tourism according to the set roadmap, in the coming time, the town will focus on implementing a number of tasks and solutions as follows:
First, consistent view of tourism development associated with the preservation of traditional cultural values of the locality. Maintain the fundamental role of culture to build tourism products suitable with potentials and advantages.
Monday, the town will strengthen and improve the effectiveness of promotional activities, to bring the image of Nghia Lo land and people to domestic and foreign tourists; continue to well organize events, cultural and tourism festivals associated with the restoration, preservation and promotion of traditional cultural values, especially the Muong Lo Hang Culture - Tourism Festival. year, because this is the biggest festival, attracting the largest number of visitors of the year.
Tuesday, develop unique and attractive tourism products to serve the needs of visitors. Strengthen state management of culture and tourism in the area and improve the quality of human resources. At the same time, strengthen calling and mobilization to attract investment resources and strengthen international cooperation in tourism development.
PV: Thank you very much comrades!
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