Local residents perform a traditional ritual at a cultural camp in Phu Tho (Source: VNA) PhuTho (VNA) – Bestowed with an array of world and national culturalheritages, the northern midland province of Phu Tho is looking for breakthroughmeasures to capitalise on its strength to become a must-visit destination forboth domestic and international tourists.
According to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, theprovince is currently home to 1,372 historical and cultural sites, includingHung Kings Temple special relic site, and three UNESCO intangible cultural heritagesof the worshipping rituals of the Hung Kings, Xoan folk singing, and catru-ceremonial singing.
Xuan Son National Park, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched naturalbeauty, and cultural identities of ethnic people, is a fascinating tourism magnet.It is among 13 national parks in Vietnam that protect large habitats of naturalecosystems.
In addition, Thanh Thuy hot mineral water mine, Tam Giang pagoda, Mother Au CoTemple, and Ao Chau lagoon all together create conditions for the province tobranch out various kinds of tourism products like eco-tourism,historical-cultural tourism, and resort tourism.
Grasping local tourism potential, the tourism sector integrated the “Xoan singingin ancient village” into its cultural heritage tours, and the outcomes wereincredible as to local tourism destinations like Hung Lo communal house and LaiLen shrine in Viet Tri city, Do Nghia communal house in Lam Thao district hasbecome popular to domestic and foreign visitors.
Besides ancient Xoan singing, visitors will have a chance to have a look athistorical and cultural relic sites built during the time of Hung Kings.
Director of the province’s centre for tourism promotion Phung Thi Hoa Le saidthat thanks to the availability of the tours, more tourists are coming to thelocality. The centre welcomes an average 2 million visitors each year, nearly8,000 of them come to explore the Vietnamese folk music.
Various travel companies have developed tours featuring Xoan singing likeVietrantour, Saigontourist and Golden tour, she said.
The centre also designs new tourism products to attract more tourists andintroduce to travel agencies. Now, Gia Thanh conical hat village in Phu Ninhdistrict, Dich Qua tea hills in Thanh Son district, Tam Giang temple in VietTri city, Dao Xa communal house in Thanh Thuy district and Du Yen temple areready to welcome tourists.
In addition, the province is working to promote products linking local tourismsites like Hung King Temple-Hung Vuong Museum-Hung Lo communal house in VietTri city, Xuan Son National Park-Thanh Thuy hot mineral water spring, and MotherAu Co temple- Ao Chau lagoon tourism site. It has joined hands withneighbouring provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to branch out spiritual toursalong Hong River.
Signing cooperation programmes with foreign travel companies in the Republic ofKorea, Indonesia and India, and partnership in tourism programmes withlocalities across the country are significant moves to popularize local tourismsites.
This year, the tourism sector of the province eyes to welcome 580,000 visitors,up 5.4 percent from the yearly plan, and expects to earn 3.8 trillion VND (159.6million USD).-VNA
According to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, theprovince is currently home to 1,372 historical and cultural sites, includingHung Kings Temple special relic site, and three UNESCO intangible cultural heritagesof the worshipping rituals of the Hung Kings, Xoan folk singing, and catru-ceremonial singing.
Xuan Son National Park, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched naturalbeauty, and cultural identities of ethnic people, is a fascinating tourism magnet.It is among 13 national parks in Vietnam that protect large habitats of naturalecosystems.
In addition, Thanh Thuy hot mineral water mine, Tam Giang pagoda, Mother Au CoTemple, and Ao Chau lagoon all together create conditions for the province tobranch out various kinds of tourism products like eco-tourism,historical-cultural tourism, and resort tourism.
Grasping local tourism potential, the tourism sector integrated the “Xoan singingin ancient village” into its cultural heritage tours, and the outcomes wereincredible as to local tourism destinations like Hung Lo communal house and LaiLen shrine in Viet Tri city, Do Nghia communal house in Lam Thao district hasbecome popular to domestic and foreign visitors.
Besides ancient Xoan singing, visitors will have a chance to have a look athistorical and cultural relic sites built during the time of Hung Kings.
Director of the province’s centre for tourism promotion Phung Thi Hoa Le saidthat thanks to the availability of the tours, more tourists are coming to thelocality. The centre welcomes an average 2 million visitors each year, nearly8,000 of them come to explore the Vietnamese folk music.
Various travel companies have developed tours featuring Xoan singing likeVietrantour, Saigontourist and Golden tour, she said.
The centre also designs new tourism products to attract more tourists andintroduce to travel agencies. Now, Gia Thanh conical hat village in Phu Ninhdistrict, Dich Qua tea hills in Thanh Son district, Tam Giang temple in VietTri city, Dao Xa communal house in Thanh Thuy district and Du Yen temple areready to welcome tourists.
In addition, the province is working to promote products linking local tourismsites like Hung King Temple-Hung Vuong Museum-Hung Lo communal house in VietTri city, Xuan Son National Park-Thanh Thuy hot mineral water spring, and MotherAu Co temple- Ao Chau lagoon tourism site. It has joined hands withneighbouring provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to branch out spiritual toursalong Hong River.
Signing cooperation programmes with foreign travel companies in the Republic ofKorea, Indonesia and India, and partnership in tourism programmes withlocalities across the country are significant moves to popularize local tourismsites.
This year, the tourism sector of the province eyes to welcome 580,000 visitors,up 5.4 percent from the yearly plan, and expects to earn 3.8 trillion VND (159.6million USD).-VNA
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