Director of the Huyen Thoai Orchid Cooperative, Dang Le Thi Thanh Huyen, presents orchids from her garden at Huyen Thoai Orchid Cooperative in An Nhon Tay commune in HCM City’s Cu Chi district (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The People’s Committee ofHo Chi Minh City has instructed the city’s tourism sector and authorities ofits five suburban districts to develop agri-tourism and other tourism services.
The district authorities of Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Binh Chanh, Nha Be and Can Giowere told to give priority to infrastructure development and support facilitiesto attract more visitors, extend their stays, and increase their spending.
The city authorities also asked the tourism sector to improve the quality oftourism staff for agri-tourism, which is linked with the city’s goal to createjobs in rural areas.
Agencies will provide support to build cultural–tourist villages in thedistricts, and banks have been told to help farming households in rural areasaccess bank loans for tourist services.
Despite the city’s efforts to develop agri-tourism, many farms that were onceopen for agri-tourism have stopped offering services.
A garden at Huyen Thoai Orchid Cooperative in Cu Chi District’s An Nhon TayCommune, for instance, recently suspended its tours and related services afterguests had damaged the orchids. With an entrance ticket of 20,000 VND,guests were provided only with drinking water.
The cooperative director, Dang Le Thi Thanh Huyen, was quoted by Sai GonGiai Phong newspaper as saying it had invested in accommodations andother facilities as requested by the city’s departments of Tourismand Agriculture and Rural Development.
Despite these problems, a HCM City-based travel firm said thatagri-tourism had been becoming popular in many localities, such as Lam DongProvince, and has been added to tours of Cu Chi tunnels.
According to the city’s Tourism Department, besides organising trips to examineagricultural production models in recent years, the department has heldworkshops for experts and garden owners to exchange opinions,offer training for farmers, seek comments from many parties, and hascooperated with the Agricultural Hi-tech Park (AHTP) to promote agri-tourism.
However, according to the AHTP, models at the park are more suited for studypurposes, while visitors prefer to have real experiences or eco-tourismservices.
In addition, travel firms want food services, which normally require a largeinvestment. They also want high-quality services, but are only willing topay a low tourist entrance fee.
The tourism department conceded that agri-tourism had encountered problems, andthat connections between travel firms, garden owners and craft villages had notmet initial expectations.-VNS/VNS
The district authorities of Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Binh Chanh, Nha Be and Can Giowere told to give priority to infrastructure development and support facilitiesto attract more visitors, extend their stays, and increase their spending.
The city authorities also asked the tourism sector to improve the quality oftourism staff for agri-tourism, which is linked with the city’s goal to createjobs in rural areas.
Agencies will provide support to build cultural–tourist villages in thedistricts, and banks have been told to help farming households in rural areasaccess bank loans for tourist services.
Despite the city’s efforts to develop agri-tourism, many farms that were onceopen for agri-tourism have stopped offering services.
A garden at Huyen Thoai Orchid Cooperative in Cu Chi District’s An Nhon TayCommune, for instance, recently suspended its tours and related services afterguests had damaged the orchids. With an entrance ticket of 20,000 VND,guests were provided only with drinking water.
The cooperative director, Dang Le Thi Thanh Huyen, was quoted by Sai GonGiai Phong newspaper as saying it had invested in accommodations andother facilities as requested by the city’s departments of Tourismand Agriculture and Rural Development.
Despite these problems, a HCM City-based travel firm said thatagri-tourism had been becoming popular in many localities, such as Lam DongProvince, and has been added to tours of Cu Chi tunnels.
According to the city’s Tourism Department, besides organising trips to examineagricultural production models in recent years, the department has heldworkshops for experts and garden owners to exchange opinions,offer training for farmers, seek comments from many parties, and hascooperated with the Agricultural Hi-tech Park (AHTP) to promote agri-tourism.
However, according to the AHTP, models at the park are more suited for studypurposes, while visitors prefer to have real experiences or eco-tourismservices.
In addition, travel firms want food services, which normally require a largeinvestment. They also want high-quality services, but are only willing topay a low tourist entrance fee.
The tourism department conceded that agri-tourism had encountered problems, andthat connections between travel firms, garden owners and craft villages had notmet initial expectations.-VNS/VNS
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