Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, the Mekong Deltaprovince of Dong Thap, is piloting experimental tourism in the floodingseason, which involves tourists in fishing activities, harvesting wildrice, visiting breeding grounds of birds and sailing to enjoy naturallandscapes.
Director of the park Nguyen Van Hungsaid that the pilot aims to diversify tourism activities and headstowards a sustainable tourism with greater community participation.
Through such activities, tourists can gain an insight into the dailylife of fishermen, thus raising the preservation awareness of touristsas well as the native community.
Experimentaltourism is hoped to consolidate the park’s title as a wetland ofinternational importance (Ramsar site), helping attract more supportfrom global organisations for its activities.
DongThap province has approved a budget of over 14 billion VND (666,700 USD)for eco-tourism and environmental services in the park from 2013 to2020.
At present, Tram Chim is offering tours aroundblock A1 by water. It boats 3,000ha of indigo forest and is home to aprimeval forest and a nearly 1,000ha of wild rice.
Visiting the park, tourists may well be overwhelmed by a bird sanctuarycovering tens of hectares. Nesting in vast forests all year round arevarious water birds like l ittle cormorants, lesser whistling ducks,herons and wild ducks, as well as tens of thousands of white storks.
Tram Chim is most beautiful in the flooding seasonwhen water from the Mekong River inundates the whole area, turning itinto an oasis among an immense body of water dotted with the yellowflowers of Sesbania Sesban, purple water lilies, pink lotuses and thevivid green of the indigo forest.-VNA
Director of the park Nguyen Van Hungsaid that the pilot aims to diversify tourism activities and headstowards a sustainable tourism with greater community participation.
Through such activities, tourists can gain an insight into the dailylife of fishermen, thus raising the preservation awareness of touristsas well as the native community.
Experimentaltourism is hoped to consolidate the park’s title as a wetland ofinternational importance (Ramsar site), helping attract more supportfrom global organisations for its activities.
DongThap province has approved a budget of over 14 billion VND (666,700 USD)for eco-tourism and environmental services in the park from 2013 to2020.
At present, Tram Chim is offering tours aroundblock A1 by water. It boats 3,000ha of indigo forest and is home to aprimeval forest and a nearly 1,000ha of wild rice.
Visiting the park, tourists may well be overwhelmed by a bird sanctuarycovering tens of hectares. Nesting in vast forests all year round arevarious water birds like l ittle cormorants, lesser whistling ducks,herons and wild ducks, as well as tens of thousands of white storks.
Tram Chim is most beautiful in the flooding seasonwhen water from the Mekong River inundates the whole area, turning itinto an oasis among an immense body of water dotted with the yellowflowers of Sesbania Sesban, purple water lilies, pink lotuses and thevivid green of the indigo forest.-VNA
