New prospects for ecotourism development

Tourists experience the process of printing patterns on fabric by the Dao Tien people in Xuan Dai commune.

Ecotourism is a type of tourism based on nature and indigenous culture associated with environmental education with the active participation of the local community. The convergence of 3 National Parks after the merger opens up more opportunities for tourism development for the locality, especially the advantages for ecotourism and resorts associated with nature, gradually building Phu Tho into a prominent green and sustainable destination in the Northern region, attracting more domestic and foreign tourists with diverse experiences.

With the advantage of rich and diverse flora and fauna, typical of tropical rainforests, the National Parks have built, developed and effectively exploited many suitable and environmentally responsible tourism products such as: Walking to visit traditional flora and fauna, camping, fishing, boating, bathing in streams, participating in traditional activities of indigenous ethnic communities... Ecotourism has initially attracted a number of investment projects in this field. Thereby, the tourism industry has made an important contribution to increasing the proportion, positively impacting the strong shift in the structure of the service industry in the whole province.

Along with that, the provincial levels and sectors have also synchronously deployed solutions to orient tourism and eco-tourism development such as: Investing in building transport infrastructure; infrastructure works serving tourism; developing tours and tourism products; combining eco-tourism and community tourism with promoting unique traditional cultural values and protecting the environment; improving service capacity for tourism staff; promoting activities to promote images and destinations through social networking platforms to attract a large number of followers... Focusing on developing and applying utilities on the basis of promoting the application of information technology and digital transformation to connect destinations, book tickets, look up information..., better meeting the needs of tourists.

Xuan Son National Park with its pristine beauty of limestone forests and rich, unique flora and fauna is an ideal destination for those who love exploring wild nature. Mr. Tran Ngoc Cuong, Director of the National Park said: “Xuan Son National Park has diverse terrain, many beautiful landscapes, natural features (forests, lakes, mountains, valleys...); located in the tripod position of the overall majestic natural landscape of Tam Dao - Ba Vi - Xuan Son; ethnic communities still retain their unique cultural identities... which are advantages for developing ecotourism, resort tourism and community tourism. To promote the development of ecotourism, Xuan Son National Park has invested in building technical infrastructure projects such as the road to Na cave, Lung Troi waterfall...; upgrading and renovating provincial road 316H into Xuan Son National Park; traffic routes connecting to develop tourism in Long Coc tea hill - Xuan Son National Park and a number of other infrastructure works serving tourism.... Currently, Xuan Son National Park welcomes a large number of visitors, averaging 20,000 - 30,000 people per year. This is also a destination There are many groups of students visiting and combining environmental education, learning about the value of natural resources and biodiversity.

Tam Dao National Park is located entirely on Tam Dao Mountain and stretches 80km. Before the merger, the Park was located in the territory of 3 provinces Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang. Currently, the tourist area is being exploited in the National Park located in our province with many effectively implemented tourism products and services such as: Adventure sports, nature exploration...; food and beverage services, resorts...

Cuc Phuong National Park, ecotourism is also developing strongly, being voted internationally as the top destination in Asia consecutively from 2019 - 2022.

Tourism in general, and ecotourism in particular, creates livelihoods, increases income for local people, preserves cultural values; promotes local socio-economic growth. To promote potentials and strengths, and achieve the goal of building Phu Tho into an attractive tourist center, attracting domestic and foreign tourists, national parks and nature reserves in the area need to carry out master planning, zoning, and map construction in places where ecotourism activities are carried out; diversify tourism products associated with forest protection, fire prevention and fighting, and biodiversity. Strengthen tourism promotion and advertising; improve resource factors for ecotourism, focusing on improving the service capacity of tourism human resources; strongly attract the participation of local communities in tourism activities.

Le Oanh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/trien-vong-moi-cho-phat-trien-du-lich-sinh-thai-238542.htm