Community ecotourism in Nghe An attracts tourists during holidays

According to Mr. Hoang Van Phuc, Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People’s Committee, during the holidays from April 30 to May 1, tourists flock to the town’s waters to rest during the crowded holiday.

< p>In Cua Lo town, there are over 300 hotels and accommodation establishments with about 14,000 rooms, able to serve about 30,000 guests staying day and night.

By the end of the holidays the Hotels reached over 95% capacity, many hotels were sold out.”

In the 2023 tourism year, Cua Lo strives to welcome 3 to 4 million visitors with a revenue of about 3,550 billion VND. Along with many activities, street music festival, folk games, art programs about the wallet region Ceremony festival hot air balloon Lantern Festival…” said Mr. Hoang Van Phuc.

At Kim Lien Special National Historical Relic Area (Nam Dan) welcomed hundreds of delegations. Tens of thousands of tourists visit Uncle Ho’s hometown during the holiday from April 30 to May 1.

According to the Management Board of Kim Lien Relic Area, during the holiday from April 30 to May 1, on average Every day, the Relic site welcomes hundreds of delegations with tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists to visit. The large number of tourists visiting Kim Lien Relic Area has mobilized 100% of its officers and employees on duty. ensuring the best service for visitors.

Meanwhile, at community ecological tourism is of interest to tourists such as: Hon Mat eco-tourism area (in Nghia Loc Nghia Dan commune); Phu Quy flower valley (in Nghia Long commune, Nghia Dan district); Khe Kem waterfall (Con Cuong district); odd sand forest (Tuong Duong district); Community tourism destination in Muong Long commune (Ky Son district).

This is one of the most “special” tourist destinations in Nghe An. Muong Long commune is located at an altitude of nearly 1,500m above sea level in the Truong Son range near the border with Laos. This place is known as “Muong Long’s gate to heaven” and is likened to “Sa Pa of Nghe An” because the weather is always cool all year round. 

Muong Long is located in a The area is surrounded by high mountains covered with clouds and fog, with four types of weather a day: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

According to the reporter’s records, most of the public tourist destinations The eco-tourism area here during the holidays attracts a large number of visitors. Many eco-community tourist attractions, restaurants, tented motels are fully booked by tourists. 

The special thing about these tourist attractions is that the owners have organized the space culture such as: Performing gongs, playing the flute, Mong dancing, dancing… recreating a number of traditional festivals and cultural activities every day and perform folk games for tourists to have fun.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, a tourist from Vinh City, Nghe An, said that even though she had been to tourist areas several times, community in Con Cuong Tuong Duong Ky Son… she was very impressed with the newness and local development investment for community eco-tourism areas.

Ms. Huong said: “I was I went to community tourism areas in these districts a few times and was very impressed with the regional ethnic culture here. 

I will introduce my friends to community tourism destinations enjoy the diverse cultural space of regional cuisine.”

Mr. Dang Trong Tan, Director of Hon Mat eco-tourism area, said that the tourist area Hon Mat ecotourism opened to welcome visitors 2-3 years ago. However, this year, the number of customers flocking to the restaurant is so large that the restaurant’s rooms are full. 

“In order to serve tourists with new experiences, I recently built a statue of a carp turning into a dragon with a height of about 4 meters located on a small island in the middle of the lake; creating “This symbol is considered one of the highlights of the tourist area, attracting many tourists to visit and take photos,” Mr. Tan said.

“When visiting Hon Mat tourist area, you can also participate in interesting recreational activities such as rowing a duck boat, canoe surfing, fishing, boat racing and visiting other attractions in the resort. calendar” Mr. Tan added.

Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong Director Nghe An Department of Tourism said these are localities that have developed a form of community tourism in villages that combines the exploitation of local potential with the promotion of traditional beauty and customs. culture of local people to attract tourists.

“In conditions where there are still difficulties in investment capital for transportation, some mountainous districts in the province are interested in developing community tourism. This is also a job to help ethnic minorities in mountainous areas have more jobs and income, in which there have been successful models to become attractive tourist destinations, contributing to increasing the number of visitors and tourism revenue for these areas. mountainous districts in the province” said Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong.

Also according to Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Nghe An has spots that can develop community tourism, however the problem is to create an environment to attract attracts investors to further exploit and develop community tourism in the coming years.

According to statistics from the Tourism industry in 2022, community ecotourism destinations in mountainous districts Nghe An welcomed 120,000 visitors with a revenue of about 60 billion VND.