SHARING ON TOURIST PROJECT AT THE CONFERENCE IN CULTURE – TOURISM VILLAGE, CHO LACH DISTRICT
, 10/06/2019 14:06On June 4th, Dr. Tran Dinh Lam attended the conference "Potentials and solutions to develop culture – tourism village in Cho Lach district on the foundation of rural tourism development", taking place in Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province. On this occasion, the Doctor also introduced the TOURIST project to the participants.
The workshop was co-chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the People's Committee of Ben Tre Province and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Attending the seminar were Mr. Tran Thanh Nam – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Vo Thanh Hao – Secretary of Party Committee of Ben Tre Province, Mr. Nguyen Huu Lap – Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Ben Tre Province. For VNU-HCM, there were Mr. Vu Hai Quan – Deputy Director and Dr. Le Thanh Long – Head of Foreign Affairs and Project Development Department. For University of Social Sciences and Humanities, there were Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan, Principal and lecturers from the Department of Tourism together with many scientists, businesses and local residents.
During the general session, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan presented the overview of the project "Cho Lach Culture – Tourism Village" that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is participating in. The project is aimed at developing cultural and historical tourism besides promoting typical local agricultural products.
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Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan introduced the project "Cho Lach Culture – Tourism Village" - Photo: Manh Khang
During the special session, delegates listened to experts sharing their experiences in implementing and organizing the model of rural tourism development as well as organizing the culture – tourism village. In particular, some typical examples were the model of community tourism in Ban Sin, Sin Suoi Ho commune, Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province and a model of community participating in nature conservation and environmental protection in Cu Lao Cham, as well as the case of researching study travel and the model of sustainable development of livelihoods of residents in the biosphere area in Hoi An.
In addition, at the conference, the participants also made suggestions on the construction management mechanism and the management of culture – tourism village model. In particular, the local government issued a call for investment and suggested policies to support enterprises investing in tourism development in Cho Lach district.
When invited to share ideas at the conference, Dr. Tran Dinh Lam introduced participants to the TOURIST project on tourism development, in which the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is also a participant, funded by the Erasmus + EU program. Dr. Lam spoke highly of the project of building a culture – tourism village being implemented in Cho Lach. Through many trainings for the project in Europe, the doctor said this model has been developed attentively and has achieved many certain successes, and according to him, the collaboration between government agencies and the people have played an important role in the success of this model.
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He also said that with the support from Europe, the TOURIST project aims to utilize the experience from the trainings in Europe in implementing this tourism model, first of all by helping experts and researchers in the field of Vietnamese and Thai Tourism support people and build an equal environment, creating favorable conditions for people to develop tourism. The project of developing the model of Culture – Tourism village of Cho Lach is a project with practical and important meanings, along with experiences learned from Europe, and Dr. Lam believed that this project will be successful and bring practical benefits to people in this area.
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Vo Thanh Hao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ben Tre Province, also desired relations from the central agencies as well as the responsibilities of local leaders and encouraged people to participate in building this tourism sustainably. He said that in order to successfully develop this project, it would take a lot of effort and determination from the entire Cho Lach population.
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Mr. Vo Thanh Hao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ben Tre Province, spoke at the seminar - Photo: Manh Khang
At the conference, the signing ceremony of the cooperation and development of Culture – Tourism Village in Cho Lach District was also held between People’s Committee of Ben Tre Province and the enterprises: Ben Thanh Tourism Corporation, Saigon Asset and Saigon Joint Stock Company Tourist. This is a very meaningful activity whereby businesses commit to deploy their tourism services to local people.
The project of developing Culture – Tourism Village in Cho Lach is an important first step in building a model of sustainable rural tourism development. However, in order to be successful, there is a need for consensus and determination to act among the state, business, scientists and farmers. Thereby, the spirit of community cohesion can spread to local people, helping people understand the value of connecting communities and benefiting from sustainable and effective tourism development. This is also the spirit of the TOURIST project, the experiences that Europe hopes to share when conducting in Vietnam and Thailand.
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