Quang Nam: community-based tourism benefits minorities
A community-based tourism development project has helped the Co Tu
ethnic minority community in central Quang Nam province raise their
income along with preserving their cultural traits.
A community-based tourism development project has helped the Co Tu
ethnic minority community in central Quang Nam province raise their
income along with preserving their cultural traits.
The outcomes were heard at a workshop reviewing the first two years of the four-year project held in the province on March 7.
With an annual 120,000 USD funded by the Japan-based Foundation for International Development/Relief (FIDR), 30 pilot tourist tours were arranged to Tabhing commune, Nam Giang district, where the majority of Co Tu people reside.
The project, which will run until 2016, has brought the local Co Tu beneficiaries a combined income of 233 million VND (10,951 USD), delegates heard.
Tens of refresher courses were organised to train involved ethnic minority households in service skills.
At the event, representatives from the Co Tu ethnic minority group shared their experience in developing ecological, cultural, and historical tours and homestay services.-VNA
The outcomes were heard at a workshop reviewing the first two years of the four-year project held in the province on March 7.
With an annual 120,000 USD funded by the Japan-based Foundation for International Development/Relief (FIDR), 30 pilot tourist tours were arranged to Tabhing commune, Nam Giang district, where the majority of Co Tu people reside.
The project, which will run until 2016, has brought the local Co Tu beneficiaries a combined income of 233 million VND (10,951 USD), delegates heard.
Tens of refresher courses were organised to train involved ethnic minority households in service skills.
At the event, representatives from the Co Tu ethnic minority group shared their experience in developing ecological, cultural, and historical tours and homestay services.-VNA
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