People of different ethnic groups sing and dance to welcome guests in Lai Chau (Photo: VNA) Lai Chau (VNA) - Authorities in the northern mountainousprovince of Lai Chau are promoting policies for community-based tourism todevelop the local economy and create jobs.
Tran Tien Dung, Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, the province boasts wild natural landscapes, fresh air and cooltemperatures all year round.
Diversified cultural identities offer great potential todevelop tourism, including community-based tourism, he said.
In the past few years, the province has invested the localbudget and called on people and private investors to develop community-basedtourism, Dung said.
Since implementing Project No 316 on developing Lai Chautourism from 2016-2020, the province has given priority to developing keytourism products like community-based tourism with historical and culturallandscapes in Lai Chau city, Phong Tho district and Tam Duong district.
So far, community-based tourism products in the area haveserved thousands of tourists.
Between 2017 and 2019, the total number of visitors to Lai Chaureached 350,000. Each foreign guest spent on average 1.6 days in the area,while domestic visitors stayed for 1.75 days. Total income from tourism reached450 billion VND (19.43 million USD).
There are eleven community-based tourism projects with 30families offering homestay services in the province.
Sin Suoi Ho village has 113 households, ten of whom offeringhomestay services.
In the past, visitors coming to the village to see enjoy thescenery and local food on day trips.
Now, tourists can immerse in daily life like farming andgardening, Dung said.
Each month, hundreds of tourists visit the village, most ofwhom are foreigners.
Visitors can stay here for weeks and months to experiencefarming, fruit picking, making dumplings and weaving cloth, said local residentHang Thi Su.
Visitors are warmly welcomed into our homes, where they sharerooms with us to learn about our customs and lives, she said.
“We always work with different areas to spread State andlocal policies on developing tourism, especially enhancing people’s knowledgeabout protecting the environment at tourism spots,” said Tran Manh Hung, DeputyDirector of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
“We have also organised tourism training classes for locals,”he said.
In the next few months, the department will co-operate withother agencies to develop tourism in a sustainable way with community-basedtourism as the key.
“The province will help locals to preserve their traditionalcultures, build clean toilets and develop traditional handicraft production,”said Dung./.
Tran Tien Dung, Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, the province boasts wild natural landscapes, fresh air and cooltemperatures all year round.
Diversified cultural identities offer great potential todevelop tourism, including community-based tourism, he said.
In the past few years, the province has invested the localbudget and called on people and private investors to develop community-basedtourism, Dung said.
Since implementing Project No 316 on developing Lai Chautourism from 2016-2020, the province has given priority to developing keytourism products like community-based tourism with historical and culturallandscapes in Lai Chau city, Phong Tho district and Tam Duong district.
So far, community-based tourism products in the area haveserved thousands of tourists.
Between 2017 and 2019, the total number of visitors to Lai Chaureached 350,000. Each foreign guest spent on average 1.6 days in the area,while domestic visitors stayed for 1.75 days. Total income from tourism reached450 billion VND (19.43 million USD).
There are eleven community-based tourism projects with 30families offering homestay services in the province.
Sin Suoi Ho village has 113 households, ten of whom offeringhomestay services.
In the past, visitors coming to the village to see enjoy thescenery and local food on day trips.
Now, tourists can immerse in daily life like farming andgardening, Dung said.
Each month, hundreds of tourists visit the village, most ofwhom are foreigners.
Visitors can stay here for weeks and months to experiencefarming, fruit picking, making dumplings and weaving cloth, said local residentHang Thi Su.
Visitors are warmly welcomed into our homes, where they sharerooms with us to learn about our customs and lives, she said.
“We always work with different areas to spread State andlocal policies on developing tourism, especially enhancing people’s knowledgeabout protecting the environment at tourism spots,” said Tran Manh Hung, DeputyDirector of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
“We have also organised tourism training classes for locals,”he said.
In the next few months, the department will co-operate withother agencies to develop tourism in a sustainable way with community-basedtourism as the key.
“The province will help locals to preserve their traditionalcultures, build clean toilets and develop traditional handicraft production,”said Dung./.
VNA
