(HBO) - The State management over tourism in Hoa Binh remains inadequate due to lack of managers and qualified human resources for the sector.
The art troupe of Thai Binh ward (Hoa Binh city)
was joined by tourists in a Xoe dance at the Muong Culture Space Museum.
In order to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector, the
provincial Steering Committee for Tourism Development has set out specific
tasks and solutions, of which an important one is developing human resources
serving the sector.
On the one hand, the province will build preferential mechanisms for
attracting qualified human resources for the local tourism industry (with
priority given to building a contingent of professional and competitive tourist
workers), thus enhancing the sector’s competitiveness and attracting more
tourists to the locality. On the other hand, the locality will focus on the training
work, thus improving professional capacity and skills for staff in charge of State
management of tourism at all levels, and the management capacity for units,
enterprises, and business households involved in tourism.
Training will also be provided for persons who are working at tourism
sites, hotels, restaurants. Attention will be given to training local labourers
for service jobs at tourism sites, in hospitality establishments and in transporting
visitors, especially in the Hoa Binh Lake national tourism area and Mai Chau
district. The province will promote social investment, especially cooperation
and involvement of enterprises and organisations, in human resource training
for tourism.
These orientations have been concretised into specific action programmes,
under which more training courses in tourism skills were held in 2017.
Mr. Lo Cao Nhum, who runs a household tourism business in Lac village,
Chieng Chau commune in Mai Chau district, said in July 2017, the provincial
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organised a five-day training course on
homestay tourism for business households in the district. At the course, lecturers
from the Hanoi Tourism College provided learners with basic skills in serving
tourists at homestay accommodations; in communicating and handling various situations
arising in the process of serving visitors; as well as in ensuring security, safety,
and food hygiene.
"The course helped us run our business in a more professional and effective
manner”, he stressed, adding that almost kids in the locality can now use
English to communicate with foreign tourists. /.
Hoa Binh province’s rich natural and cultural resources position it as a prime location for developing community-based tourism (CBT). In recent years, support from central and provincial policies, as well as assistance from non-governmental organisations, have encouraged local ethnic minority and mountainous communities to actively engage in the sector.
Van Son Commune, Tan Lạc district, Hoa Binh province also known as "Cloud Valley," boasts a cool climate, stunning natural landscapes, and majestic scenery. Visitors who have been to this place should make a stop at Chien Hamlet to experience a lot of fascinating things and feel the friendly, warmth of the Muong ethnic people.
Thanks to the effective exploitation of natural landscape and the cultural diversity of ethnic minorities, Hoa Binh province has become an attractive destination for tourists seeking experiences and exploration.
The Department of Cultural Heritage has just coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province to organize a training on implementing the model of the cultural heritage connected in the cultural tourism journey in Cao Phong and Lac Son districts.
The Sung village in Cao Son commune, Da Bac district, is endowed with pristine natural landscape, and Dao Tien ethnic minority community in the village preserves rich cultural heritage, including traditional housing, clothing, language, scripts, customs, and daily life practices. Since the community-based tourism model was introduced in the locality, these traditional cultural values have been further preserved and promoted.
