(TITC) – With the advantage of beautiful natural landscape, cool year-round climate and unique and rich traditional cultural values, in recent years, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province has promoted its potential and advantages to develop tourism and attract tourists from all over.
Kon Pring
community tourism village, Kon Plong district (Photo: kontum.gov.vn)
Kon Plong district has a population
of over 27,000 people, of which 98% are ethnic minorities. In recent years, the
district has paid special attention to the work of preserving and promoting
traditional cultural values of ethnic groups, especially propaganda and
mobilising people to preserve gongs and provide gongs for villages that do not
have them.
Traditional festivals such as: The
new rice festival, water trough festival, buffalo barn building festival, and
new house festival are restored and preserved by the district. Along with that,
artisans and people in the district actively participate in preserving and
developing traditional crafts on the spot associated with community tourism
development. With potential and advantages in culture and tourism, preserving
and developing traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with
tourism development is a strength that Kon Plong district is focusing on
exploiting. Currently, in the district there are 7 tourist destinations
recognized by Kon Tum Provincial People’s Committee. Among them, there are 2
community tourism villages: Kon Pring community tourism village (Mang Den town)
and Vi Ro Ngheo community tourism village (Dak Tang commune). The construction
of community tourism villages not only contributes to preserving the unique
cultural values of local ethnic minorities, but also creates attractiveness and
attracts tourists to the locality.
Besides, by developing diverse types
of tourism with medicinal products, OCOP and organising many exciting and
attractive cultural events and festivals, Kon Plong has attracted a large
number of tourists to come and experience. In the first 6 months of 2023, there
were more than 660,000 arrivals to Mang Den National Ecotourism Area, revenue
from tourism activities was estimated at over VND 132 billion.
It is known that infrastructure for
tourism development in the district is increasingly improving, many tourism
development projects have been invested and put into operation.
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