After 3 days of taking place, the second pomelo festival in 2019 ended successfully. On this occasion, Binh Duong Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Doan Hong Tuoi, Chairman of Tan Uyen Town People's Committee, on the direction of developing the type of picnic tourism combined with eco-tourism in the river garden in the town.
- Sir, after the second Huong Buoi pomelo festival in 2019, Tan Uyen town has a solution to develop resort and eco-tourism services in the area?
- From the success of the pomelo festival in this time, Tan Uyen town plans to develop green tourism, develop Bach Dang commune to become a tourist destination in the future, connecting with tourist spots. and resort in the province and localities of Dong Nai river area.
Accordingly, the town will focus on implementing solutions to invite businesses and individuals to invest in developing the system of hotels and motels with national standards with entertainment and entertainment services. a great number of visitors; along with that is the socialization of investment in the system of roads, galleries, stops, parking lots ... Besides, the town directs the units concerned to orient the construction of restaurants, The restaurant has traditional dishes of the Southern people in general, the typical dishes of Tan Uyen in particular to build the brand associated with the food service; At the same time, investing in food and drink services and selling souvenirs in historical sites and spots in the area.
Customers do shopping at a booth to participate in the second pomelo festival in 2019. Photo: Tieu My
- The development of eco-tourism in association with attracting investment in this area has been and is being implemented by Tan Uyen town, sir?
- The Party Committee and the town government of Tan Uyen always define the role and importance of attracting and maintaining long-term investment in the tourism sector of the town; attracting and retaining investors to the town is a prerequisite solution in 4 groups of town solutions to develop town tourism (including promoting tourism, supporting tourism development, socialization). tourism development and human resource development for tourism implementation.
The socialization of inviting investors to invest in tourism services in the town will make an important contribution to the development of facilities and tourism service system in the area. The town has been and will continue to call and create the most favorable conditions to support businesses to invest in the town long-term.
- It is known that Tan Uyen town has completed the draft project on developing eco-tourism in the locality. Can you give me some details about this project?
- The town has completed the draft plan for tourism development in Tan Uyen town in the period of 2018-2020. Accordingly, the town strives to serve more than 40,000 visitors and tourists by 2020; create jobs for people in the area with tourist development zones and spots; developing town tourism on the basis of exploiting the potential advantages of ecotourism, relaxation, the system of historical-cultural relics and tourism products available in the area. In particular, the town focuses on the potential advantages of geographic location along the river in the area.
The plan sets out 3 implementation contents: Tourism to visit cultural and spiritual relics; picnic tours along Dong Nai river; Ecotourism in Bach Dang commune, Thanh Hoi commune. The plan also outlines key solutions, including connecting tourism products. Accordingly, the town focuses on connecting display and introduction of agricultural products, flowers, ornamental plants at the stops, resorts and resorts; connecting travel units inside and outside the town; connecting Dong Nai river tourist route. The town also builds ecological tours, sightseeing tours with historical and cultural sites and temples, pagodas and shrines in the town, craft production facilities, sightseeing and buy agricultural products in Thanh Hoi clean vegetable garden ...
Besides, there is a solution to support tourism development. Specifically, the town supports Bach Dang commune to exploit the available potential to develop green tourism and household tourism; supporting farmers to advertise, introduce agricultural products to display, access to tourism development market; focus on regional tourism products, areas specializing in agricultural production for tourism (Bach Dang commune, Thanh Hoi commune) ... Along with that is a solution to socialize tourism development, accordingly inviting businesses and individuals to invest and develop the tourism development service system. The next solution is to develop a tourism development team. Specifically, the town maintains and develops clubs of tai tu singing - reforming in the town, linking activities and activities of these clubs with tours and exchanges for tourists. guests at the sites and attractions.
- Implementation of this project, the local will have advantages and difficulties, sir?
- Tan Uyen town has favorable natural conditions to develop ecotourism, namely Dong Nai river that runs through many communes and wards, creating an ecological environment for vacation tourism. , ecology of tourists. In particular, Bach Dang Island is famous for specialty pomelo gardens that have created a prestigious brand; Thanh Hoi Island with national level monuments - Cu Lao Turtle archaeological relics and green rice fields, clean vegetable gardens convenient to develop tourism in association with the development of high-tech agriculture and development developing specialized cultivation areas towards sustainability. In addition, there are 9 ranked relics in the town, attracting about 20,000 visitors every year, studying history.
Implementing the Tourism Development Plan of Binh Duong Province to 2020, vision to 2030, Tan Uyen Town has been chosen by the province as the place to develop the type of water ecotourism tourism, weekend holiday resort on island Bach Dang and Thanh Hoi Island. Accordingly, the town chose 2 communes of Bach Dang and Thanh Hoi to develop high-tech agricultural applications in association with the development of eco-tourism, combining sightseeing and relaxation with attractions such as national-level monuments. Cu Lao Rua, Bach Dang pomelo garden, Dinh Tan Trach relic, relics of Do Cao Hua old house, Vinh Loi war zone relic ...
Besides the advantages, in the development of tourism, Tan Uyen town still faces some difficulties. Specifically, the coordination and inviting tourism companies to develop river tours from Ho Chi Minh City to the town; the promotion and introduction of historical and cultural relics in the area has not been implemented comprehensively, and has not attracted many units and people to participate. Besides, the work of inviting socialization, attracting investment in infrastructure for tourism such as boat stations, restaurants and hotels of the town is still difficult; The work of developing the team to develop tourism requires a lot of time, long-term investment ... At present, the town is focusing on solving these difficulties so that the project can achieve good results.
- Thank you Sir!
Interviewed by Tieu My – Translated by Vi Bao
