On June 5, 2020, the Department of Science and Technology of Can Tho city held a Scientific Council to accept the project “Development of a model of community tourism in Can Tho city” led by Assoc. Dao Ngoc Canh is in charge. Can Tho University is the lead agency.
Overview of the project acceptance meeting
Today, community-based tourism is becoming a popular trend in the world due to the increasing urbanization and industrialization process, which has pushed tourists to find the idyllic beauty and fresh air. and traditional cultural values in rural, mountainous and island areas where the wave of urban civilization has not yet affected.
Although it is a city directly under the central government, but with the nature of a river and garden city, Can Tho has a lot of potential for developing community tourism, especially the lush green islands located in the middle of the city. in the middle of the Hau River – one of the two tributaries of the mighty Mekong River. The potential of community tourism in Can Tho city is quite rich based on the values of river landscape, gardens and historical and cultural relics, unique indigenous culture and friendliness and hospitality. of people.
Tan Loc islet in Tan Loc ward, Thot Not district, Can Tho city is one of the areas with many potentials for tourism development. Coming to Tan Loc isle, tourists will enjoy the fresh air, green space, and enjoy fresh fruits in the garden. At the same time, Tan Loc island also preserves many historical and cultural relics with cultural heritages associated with the history of exploiting this land about 4 centuries ago. These are valuable tourism resources to develop tourism in Tan Loc islet, making this island an attractive tourist destination of Can Tho city in the near future.
However, to develop community-based tourism in Can Tho city in general and Tan Loc island in particular, there are still many difficulties and challenges such as limited tourism knowledge and skills of the people; Traffic roads and technical facilities, although developed, are mainly concentrated in the center; community tourism activities are still spontaneous and small, lacking coordination and cohesion in the community; The role of businesses in community tourism is still limited. In general, the development of community-based tourism in Can Tho city is not commensurate with the potential and existing position of the city.
The project aims to analyze and evaluate the local community-based tourism model, thereby proposing a pilot model of community-based tourism on the basis of improving the existing model and proposing solutions. replicating the model, contributing to the sustainable development of community-based tourism in Can Tho city. The project assessed tourism resources, analyzed the current situation of community-based tourism development in Can Tho city. On that basis, the project selected Tan Loc island as a pilot site to build a community-based tourism model.
The model of community-based tourism is built with the orientation of promoting the inherent potentials and conditions in the area, connecting with neighboring areas to create diversity, richness and attractiveness to tourists through tourism. through specific tourism products.
Scientific council member
Project management board
To implement the model, the project collaborated with the People’s Committee of Thot Not District to establish a Steering Committee for Tourism Development on Tan Filter Island and has developed a community-based tourism model through the following steps: such as: organizing training on community-based tourism for local people, establishing community tourism representative boards and community-based tourism service groups such as guide groups, accommodation service groups, service groups, etc. dining, cultural groups, shopping service groups for local specialties.
The project also designs and organizes community tours for experts, scientists and representatives of treden travel businesses in Can Tho city. In general, visitors to these tours highly appreciate the uniqueness of the river and garden landscape, the fresh air and the friendliness of the people. However, because the infrastructure for tourism, especially the road on the island, is too narrow, so traveling in the area is still difficult and limited. However, the satisfaction level of visitors to the pilot tours was quite high, reaching 4.2 out of 5 rating levels (according to the 5-level Likert scale).
In general, after two years of implementation, the project has built a model of community tourism with the mechanism of organizing management and operation of tourism activities through the representative board of community tourism in Tan Loc ward and other agencies. community tourism service group. The initial step has created confidence for households to participate in community tourism, since then people have boldly exploited the family’s available resources in combination with renovating, upgrading and investing in developing community tourism products. copper. Travel businesses have been interested in introducing and promoting community-based tourism in Tan Loc island and bringing tourists to visit more and more. Therefore, the number of visitors to Tan Loc island has increased markedly.
In addition to the initial results as above, the implementation team also
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