Lac Hamlet of Chieng Chau
commune (Mai Chau) is one of the places which have developed the provincial
community tourism so early. When talking to us, Mr. Ha Cong Tim, the host of
the guesthouse No.7 in Lac tourist destination shared: With beautiful natural
scenery and long- lasting Thai ethnic culture, Lac Hamlet has been visited by
local and international tourists for a long time. But in 1993, the hamlet was
officially approved to carry out community tourism with 2 households. There
were up to 5 households in 1995 and 15 households in 1997. To meet the
increasing demand of visitors, by the end of 2016, the hamlet had 58 households
implementing community tourism. Lac tourist destination has been developing
better than the other ones. As an agricultural hamlet, people here are still
doing the farming, besides; making tourism services has changed their lives.
The face of the hamlet has been developed much more than before.
In the recent years, not
only in Lac hamlet but also in other remote areas, exploiting the potential of
ecotourism associated with cultural tourism has brought conditions to develop
economy and increase the income for many households and people. According to an
incomplete statistics, there are about 100 households in the province
developing homestay tourism. Many tourist destinations have been well-known and
highly appreciated such as Lac community tourist destination with
ASEAN-standard qualified guestrooms (according to the standards built and
announced in 2016 by member countries). In 2017, ASEAN tourist forum awarded
community- based tourism for Pom Coong, Mai Chau town; Mai Hich Homestay was
also won the ASEAN Homestay Award.
In the province, there are many other
community tourism destinations such as Ai Village of Phong Phu commune (Tan Lac)
which is known as the oldest
In Cao Phong district,
Mr. Luu Huy Linh, Deputy Director of
the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: it can be
affirmed that the community tourism activities has contributed to preserve the
cultural values, spaces and actively contribute to creating jobs and improving
ling conditions of ethnic minorities in the province. In order to exploit the
potential of resources for developing community tourism, the following tasks
should be taken care of in the upcoming time:
Firstly, the mechanism and policies
of developing community tourism will be researched to build.
Secondly, the tourism infrastructure
plan and investment will be paid attention.
Thirdly, the human resources will be
focused on training to meet the requirements of community tourism; building a
tourism unique product in each community tourism destination. Besides, the
propaganda and promotion of the tourist destination images and attractions
should be done well.
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