Great tourism potential and a name for companies to come back to Kon Tum to write down up success

On April 24, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Kon Tum province to arrange a Forum “Kon Tum Tourism – potential and development” with the participation of many tourism trade managers, enterprise leaders, tourism associations.

When the Minister “chooses to send gold”

Speaking provocatively proper after the opening assertion of the leaders of Kon Tum province, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung mentioned that Kon Tum has two staple items which have been converging for improvement.

According to Mr. Hung, first, Kon Tum has enough situations of pure assets and tradition to make tourism not inferior to different locations.

“Second is people with industrious, simple, honest, friendly and affectionate nature. It is they who hold the footsteps of tourists, so that once coming to Kon Tum, they will want to meet again. From the village elders, the village head who preserves culture to the children of Ba Na, Xe Dang is as gentle and beautiful as bamboo shoots, as pure as drops of water, attracting us to have a more beautiful view of the piece. This land, when they are the owners of culture, create unique tourism products.

With 110 years of establishment and development, Kon Tum not only has a special position in terms of economy, politics, national defense but also has many relics, cultural heritages, revolutionary historical relics. Along with that is the charming water that has been bestowed by nature. Kon Tum also holds a unique position, connecting important traffic routes with Laos and Cambodia with National Highway 1A, the road through; with the space of the sky with the participation of Vietnam Airlines, in the near future, that door will be opened. The number of tourists will come to Kon Tum more…”, Mr. Hung mentioned.

However, based on the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Kon Tum additionally has difficulties that want sharing, companionship, consensus and synergy for this land to develop extra.

“Those difficulties can be seen that Kon Tum’s infrastructure has not been met; tourism products are still monotonous, without national and international brands. Tourism personnel are still single and fragile. The problem is not only Kon Tum but other localities also have the same problem.

We always uphold the right awareness, so we will act more decisively and fully. Therefore, at this forum, not only talking but having to do, perception must go hand in hand with action. Therefore, Kon Tum leaders and I have high hopes for this forum …”, Mr. Hung expressed his expectation.

Minister Hung mentioned that it’s essential to rapidly make particular plans with particular motion applications and particular signing ceremonies. Accordingly, we should announce the Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia Development Triangle Tourism Development Plan to assist companies have a better imaginative and prescient, not solely the tourism scope of Kon Tum but in addition hyperlinks within the triangle. Developing a way of improvement with Laos and Cambodia – the place there are heritage websites in your nation, the place we are able to change fam teams, vacationer teams throughout borders and border gates. That is a good potential if we all know the right way to coordinate.

At the identical time, this Minister additionally mentioned that Kon Tum must signal cooperation on the Central Coast and Central Highlands, restore tourism enterprise actions of the province and complete cooperation within the interval 2022 – 2026 And one other essential cooperation is cooperation to extend the variety of guests to Kon Tum.

Mr. Hung mentioned: “So at this forum, we took advantage of “selecting to ship gold”, inviting 250 travel businesses to connect supply and demand to Kon Tum. We expect after this forum. , by exploiting traditional tourists and new arrivals, tourism businesses will connect tour routes, solving the needs of Kon Tum’s destinations to increase the number of visitors. Kon Tum calendar will come alive. At that time, investors will see the potential of Kon Tum and do not have to pose the problem of “hen and egg”, which one is first, which one after…

From now on, those who hurry to Kon Tum will gain the initiative to research… Kon Tum tourism on the map of Vietnam is still a blank sheet of paper. Businesses should come to Kon Tum to write their own success.”

Connect to borrow energy

Sharing about Kon Tum tourism improvement orientation in reference to the provinces of the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, Deputy Director of the General Department of Tourism Ha Van Sieu mentioned that it’s essential to make Kon Tum a vacation spot. Outstanding tourism options of the Central Highlands when it comes to “green”, high quality and sustainable tourism with a system of distinctive and synchronous tourism merchandise on the premise of harmonious exploitation and promotion of pure and cultural assets. Kon Tum ethnic teams.

Mr. Sieu additionally mentioned that Kon Tum must develop particular tourism merchandise equivalent to: Mang Den eco-resort product; expertise the group tradition of Kon K’tu, Kon B’ring… related to agriculture and native merchandise; sightseeing merchandise (Border junction, Bo Y Border Gate, Kon Tum Prison, Dak To – Tan Canh relic); Eco-discovery tour of Chu MomRay National Park…

Also on the discussion board, Assoc. Tran Dinh Thien – former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics shared that a few years in the past, he got here to Kon Tum, feeling that this can be a great land, lovely wild, cool local weather.

“The tourism potential of Kon Tum is so great, why has it not been awakened yet? The story of a potential song that can’t be awakened forever is a problem not only of Kon Tum but also of many other localities. That is a challenge that needs to be seriously considered,” said Mr. Thien.

According to Mr. Thien, Kon Tum meets the necessary conditions for natural resources, cultural history. Other necessary conditions are having mechanisms and policies, worthy investment, strengthening linkages and opening up for tourism to flourish.

Mr. Thien said that Kon Tum is a locality with many unique things. Where the rooster crows all three countries together. Bo Y international border gate, Ngoc Hoi district, bordering three countries Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia. So precious, it must be turned into a sacred land of the three countries, a symbol that few places in the world have. Another unique thing is that the land of Mang Den, known as the second Da Lat, still retains its wild beauty, cool and peaceful climate. These unique things need to be prioritized to invest in tourism development.

“Kon Tum needs a connection to borrow strength. There, for example, Bo Y. In order for Bo Y to fly up, Bo Y must connect to Laos, must connect to Cambodia in the true sense of opening the door to integration. Only then will Bo Y turn the local advantages into its own to increase the vitality of tourism. Need strategy to focus policy and resources for priority coordinates ie know how to focus on a few growth poles. One is the city of Kon Tum, the second is Mang Den and the third is that there is a road leading to the border junction,” said Thien.

Frankly “face the harsh truth but do not lose faith”, Ms. Tran Nguyen – Sales Director of Sun World Group (Sun Group) said that in the tourism field of Kon Tum in particular and the Central Highlands. In general, there are many disadvantages and lack of many things, such as infrastructure, lack of large investors, problems of planning orientation, limitations on labor qualifications in the tourism industry… And if you want to develop tourism, you have to solve it. address these challenges.

Tran Nguyen said: “These are extremely important things. If you want to develop, you need to solve these challenges and we also hope that with our opinion and the companionship of other businesses, Kon Tum destination will gradually solve these challenges. and we will catch the opportunity, go behind but go very quickly”.

Also on the discussion board, there have been additionally exchanges and discussions of enterprise representatives and associations to search out options to develop tourism in Kon Tum province specifically and the Central Highlands typically.

Many enterprise representatives emphasised the funding in creating sustainable tourism merchandise to extend the variety of guests to the locality; enhancing the standard of human assets for vacation spot administration and native individuals to develop community-based tourism; do effectively in promotion, have thorough market analysis; strengthen linkages with travel companies throughout the nation to extend the variety of guests to Kon Tum…

At the discussion board, Director General of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh introduced the tourism improvement plan within the Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam Development Triangle space for the interval 2020-2025, with a imaginative and prescient to 2030 with the next contents: essential as:

About the imaginative and prescient: To kind a sustainable and accountable tourism vacation spot; offering high quality companies, contributing to enhancing the lives of native individuals within the Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam improvement triangle.

About the goal: By 2025, the Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam improvement triangle space will welcome 3.3 million vacationers, a median progress of 14%/yr. By 2030, to double the variety of guests, to kind a comparatively synchronous system of technical services and facilities; infrastructure system and handy connection; human assets to make sure necessities…