Lam Dong promotes the development of rural tourism, restructuring the rural economy towards service provision

(TITC) – On 18th July, Lam Dong Provincial Peopleā€™s Committee issued Plan 6195/KH-UBND on implementing the Rural Tourism Development Programme in building new rural areas for the period 2023 – 2025 in the province.

Nui Voi ecotourism area, Lam Dong (Photo: TITC)

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The plan sets out several tasks, which focus on: Propaganda information, training, and coaching to improve quality rural tourism human resources; build rural tourism development models; communication and promotion of rural tourism; apply technology, promote digital transformation in rural tourism development… with the participation and resource contribution of rural communities, tourism and service business community, relevant departments and branches, localities, Tourism Associations and professional organisations related to tourism and rural areasā€¦

Suoi Vang Lake, Lam Dong (Photo: TITC)

 

The Rural Tourism Development Programme in building new rural areas for the period 2023 – 2025 in Lam Dong province aims to promote effectively the exploitation and promotion of tourism resources with agricultural potential and advantages; develop craft villages, culture and rural ecological environment; create a means of subsistence, jobs, and increase income for rural residents; contributing to restructuring the rural economy towards providing servicesā€¦

During foetal heart development of rural tourism, the province will focus on designing and improving the architectural landscape and environment in the tourist destination space; build and complete synchronous infrastructure at tourist destinations. At the same time, rural tourist destinations need support in building and developing service infrastructure along traffic routes associated with tourist destinations; build points, show rooms, introduce and sell agricultural products, OCOP products, traditional craft village products, souvenirs on main roads, rest stops, and tourist attraction locations ā€¦

One of the key components is to develop rural tourism products with local characteristics. The whole province will build at least 15 experiential tourism products of some typical agricultural products of the province, OCOP products are associated with the ecological resort model and available natural resources in rural areas; Traditional craft village tourism model combined with experiential tourism and indigenous tourism; model of eco-tourism, agricultural tourism combined with resorts in 3 tourism space clusters, including: Da Lat City and surrounding areas have become a tourist urban area and a tourist cluster in Bao Loc City and surrounding areas, tourist clusters in the southern districts have become satellites and developed tourist destinationsā€¦

The rural tourism development programme will build a tourism linkage chain model by reviewing and selecting community tourism and rural tourism products that are eligible to meet OCOP criteria “Community tourism services and tourist attractions” to orient economic organisations and households; improve the quality of services, products and professionalism according to OCOP criteria; Select commodity agricultural production areas with potential for tourism development to improve the landscape and space around production areas to create a premise for developing agricultural experience tourism and combined eco-tourism with indigenous culture; Organise evaluation and classification of OCOP products “Community tourism services and tourist attractions” according to regulations.

Lam Dong province focuses on developing rural tourism models towards green, responsible and sustainable tourism. In particular, develop infrastructure and technical facilities to serve all types of tourism in the direction of green growth, focusing on the connectivity of infrastructure; develop renewable energy and improve energy efficiency in tourism activities to support production and business; invest in collection, classification and recycling systems to reuse wastewater and garbage for different purposes; support the preservation, restoration and development of craft villages and traditional craft villages; support the development and digitization of information and explanatory documents about cultural and historical relics, eco-tourism sites and traditional craft villages… associated with rural tourism.

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