Visitors at Lac village of Mai Chau district (Photo: VNA) Hoa Binh (VNA) – A northwestern region community-basedtourism village festival concluded in Mai Chau district of Hoa Binh province onOctober 9 after three days.
According to the organising board, visitors to the festival wereimpressed by the cultures of ethnic minority groups. Along with preserving and promotingcultural identities of the groups, the festival also helped strengthen nationalunity.
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Twenty collectives with outstanding contributions to the organisation ofthe festival were honoured as part of the event.
Within the framework of the festival, a conference was held in Mai Chaudistrict to seek enhance the sustainable development of northwestern regioncommunity-based tourism.
With its natural landscapes and diverse ethnic cultures, northwesternlocalities can tourists with unique and fascinating tourism products.
However, the number of visitors to the region has yet to meet itspotential due to poor infrastructure and ineffective tourism promotion, alongwith poor human resources quality and a worsening environment.
At the conference, participants focused on boosting community-basedtourism growth to ASEAN standards, building a code of conduct forcommunity-based tourism, and preserving ethnic minorities’ culture indeveloping community-based tourism.
They also discussed other issues in the region’s community-basedtourism, including costumes, cultural spaces and accommodations.-VNA
With its natural landscapes and diverse ethnic cultures, northwesternlocalities can tourists with unique and fascinating tourism products.
However, the number of visitors to the region has yet to meet itspotential due to poor infrastructure and ineffective tourism promotion, alongwith poor human resources quality and a worsening environment.
At the conference, participants focused on boosting community-basedtourism growth to ASEAN standards, building a code of conduct forcommunity-based tourism, and preserving ethnic minorities’ culture indeveloping community-based tourism.
They also discussed other issues in the region’s community-basedtourism, including costumes, cultural spaces and accommodations.-VNA
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