Experts at a workshop discussed the current state of HCM City’s cultural tourism and measures to improve this field until 2030 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – HoChi Minh City’s authorities plan to focus on developing cultural tourismfrom now until 2030, speakers at a recent workshop held bythe city's Department of Culture and Sports and the Institute forDevelopment Studies.
Cultural tourism, whichincludes visits to learn about the life of ethnic communities, canprovide both economic and intangible values to the localities hosting theactivities, said Nguyen Van Trinh, deputy head of the city's Institute for Development Studies.
As of 2019, HCM Cityhad over 385 tourism products, and nearly all of them are categorisedunder "cultural tourism".
Experts agreed that it wasimportant to carry out more collaborative measures to improve the field inthe time to come.
Huynh Ngoc Van, former directorof the War Remnants Museum and consultant for the ‘Ao Dai Museum’, saidthat the public policies of each museum should be improved.
“If we divide our audience intosmaller demographics, we can come up with more meaningful tourismproducts.”
“Authorities need to take intoconsideration that each type of audience has different demands and each touristhas different intentions, which could include cultural tourism,” she said.
Citing her experience withthe War Remnants Museum and ‘Ao Dai Museum’, she said that shewas confident that thoughtful public policies were the key to successfulcultural tourism products.
“The Ao Dai Museum saw anincrease of 200 percent of visitors in 2019,” Van said.
Following its sustainabletourism plan, HCM City will focus on cultural tourism,will support ethnic communities in tourism management, andminimise the effect of tourism on the environment and the livingconditions of local residents.
Experts added that authoritiesshould draft detailed plans on how to effectively preserve historic sites,create meaningful and distinguished culture tourism products, and trainhigh-quality human resources, among other crucial tasks./.
Cultural tourism, whichincludes visits to learn about the life of ethnic communities, canprovide both economic and intangible values to the localities hosting theactivities, said Nguyen Van Trinh, deputy head of the city's Institute for Development Studies.
As of 2019, HCM Cityhad over 385 tourism products, and nearly all of them are categorisedunder "cultural tourism".
Experts agreed that it wasimportant to carry out more collaborative measures to improve the field inthe time to come.
Huynh Ngoc Van, former directorof the War Remnants Museum and consultant for the ‘Ao Dai Museum’, saidthat the public policies of each museum should be improved.
“If we divide our audience intosmaller demographics, we can come up with more meaningful tourismproducts.”
“Authorities need to take intoconsideration that each type of audience has different demands and each touristhas different intentions, which could include cultural tourism,” she said.
Citing her experience withthe War Remnants Museum and ‘Ao Dai Museum’, she said that shewas confident that thoughtful public policies were the key to successfulcultural tourism products.
“The Ao Dai Museum saw anincrease of 200 percent of visitors in 2019,” Van said.
Following its sustainabletourism plan, HCM City will focus on cultural tourism,will support ethnic communities in tourism management, andminimise the effect of tourism on the environment and the livingconditions of local residents.
Experts added that authoritiesshould draft detailed plans on how to effectively preserve historic sites,create meaningful and distinguished culture tourism products, and trainhigh-quality human resources, among other crucial tasks./.
VNA
