CLIMBING TREES for tourism in the Mekong Delta.
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Vietnam's Mekoag, Delta are working on agri tourism to not only inerease their incomes, but also bnost rural development in the area. The tourism models developed in Cuu L.ong (Mekong) Delta are not only attracting money, but also contributing to sustainable agriculture. The Mekong Delta, which is Vietnam's largest agrieultural produc tion arca, has great potentiel to devel. op eco-tourism. It has been listec among the best destinations to visit in 2019 by the US travel magazine Conlr Nast Trezeller.
Thedelta attracts millions ofvisiturs each year thanks to its cultural diversi ty, natural hecuty and a large range uf tourism procducts Aecording to Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Tourism, tourist demand to seek hands-on cxperience has risen from 20 to s0 per cent in recent years. In many lncalilies in the delta, organ- isations and individuals have also start ed investing more in agri-tourism models.
The models help to both preserve culture and increase farmers incomes Pham Van Hoang, 54, ownerofChin Hong Fruit Garden in Phong Dien dis- triet's My Khanh Commune, said he grows star fruit, mango, rambutan coconut and guava on Ls hectares The garden began opening to visitors in August 2016. Visitors pay 30,000 dong (about Bt40) per person and can pick as much fruit to eat as they wish
and relax in the garden. Visitors usu st ally buy rtore fruit totakehome," Hoango said.
David Forrest, a French tourist, said he saw
and tusted fruit that he has never scen ia Eurnpe. This place was very interesting to visit. I'm also going to visit rice tields to understand how farmers graw rice Hoang said the ecu-tourisi model had helped him earu more and expand his production.
Boost in income He earns a prufit of about 400 mil lion dong (Bt510,000) cach year, with revenue from tourism accounting tur 7U per cent of the earnings Previously, he sold all the fruit direct ly to traders at cheap rates, but now he sclls 70 per cent of the fruit to tourists The garden welcomes about 130 to 150 local and forcign visitors daily, and as many as 200 on weekends and holi days.
1Healso serves traditional dishes and bevcrages in the garden. Hoang said he plans to offer rooms in the near future to meet the demand of visitors Cao Van Hoa, deputy directorof Tien Giang province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the most profitable mudel was agri tourism, which contributes to sustain- able agricultural development. l he province's 77.000 hectares pro duce some 1.5 million tonnes of truit mer yea lmong these, durian is one of the key fruits with more than 12,000 hectares devoted to it, while blue drag onfruit, pineapple, mango, grapefruit,
star apple are aniong the other truit on Fruit farmers can eorn an annia profit of 400 million doog per hectare, while durian famiers earn as much as I billEou dong aunwlly The value nf frait trees aecounts for 64per centof thetotal value of agrical tural production in the province Combiningagrieultue wit turism, farmers can earn twice or three times more than they normally do, Hoa said. We plan to develop speciality truits as the province's key agri-tourism prad uets in the coning ycars, "he said The department is warking with the province's Depar ment f Culture Sports and Tourism tndesign toursthat will include visits to lower gardens fruit aad vegetable tfields using high tech culkivation mcthods, new rural areas, listoric and cutural sites, and traditional villages. Agencies should rooperate ore closcly to help the taurisan industry exploit agriculture," Hoa said,
Vietnam's Mekoag, Delta are working on agri tourism to not only inerease their incomes, but also bnost rural development in the area. The tourism models developed in Cuu L.ong (Mekong) Delta are not only attracting money, but also contributing to sustainable agriculture. The Mekong Delta, which is Vietnam's largest agrieultural produc tion arca, has great potentiel to devel. op eco-tourism. It has been listec among the best destinations to visit in 2019 by the US travel magazine Conlr Nast Trezeller.
Thedelta attracts millions ofvisiturs each year thanks to its cultural diversi ty, natural hecuty and a large range uf tourism procducts Aecording to Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Tourism, tourist demand to seek hands-on cxperience has risen from 20 to s0 per cent in recent years. In many lncalilies in the delta, organ- isations and individuals have also start ed investing more in agri-tourism models.
The models help to both preserve culture and increase farmers incomes Pham Van Hoang, 54, ownerofChin Hong Fruit Garden in Phong Dien dis- triet's My Khanh Commune, said he grows star fruit, mango, rambutan coconut and guava on Ls hectares The garden began opening to visitors in August 2016. Visitors pay 30,000 dong (about Bt40) per person and can pick as much fruit to eat as they wish
and relax in the garden. Visitors usu st ally buy rtore fruit totakehome," Hoango said.
David Forrest, a French tourist, said he saw
and tusted fruit that he has never scen ia Eurnpe. This place was very interesting to visit. I'm also going to visit rice tields to understand how farmers graw rice Hoang said the ecu-tourisi model had helped him earu more and expand his production.
Boost in income He earns a prufit of about 400 mil lion dong (Bt510,000) cach year, with revenue from tourism accounting tur 7U per cent of the earnings Previously, he sold all the fruit direct ly to traders at cheap rates, but now he sclls 70 per cent of the fruit to tourists The garden welcomes about 130 to 150 local and forcign visitors daily, and as many as 200 on weekends and holi days.
1Healso serves traditional dishes and bevcrages in the garden. Hoang said he plans to offer rooms in the near future to meet the demand of visitors Cao Van Hoa, deputy directorof Tien Giang province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the most profitable mudel was agri tourism, which contributes to sustain- able agricultural development. l he province's 77.000 hectares pro duce some 1.5 million tonnes of truit mer yea lmong these, durian is one of the key fruits with more than 12,000 hectares devoted to it, while blue drag onfruit, pineapple, mango, grapefruit,
star apple are aniong the other truit on Fruit farmers can eorn an annia profit of 400 million doog per hectare, while durian famiers earn as much as I billEou dong aunwlly The value nf frait trees aecounts for 64per centof thetotal value of agrical tural production in the province Combiningagrieultue wit turism, farmers can earn twice or three times more than they normally do, Hoa said. We plan to develop speciality truits as the province's key agri-tourism prad uets in the coning ycars, "he said The department is warking with the province's Depar ment f Culture Sports and Tourism tndesign toursthat will include visits to lower gardens fruit aad vegetable tfields using high tech culkivation mcthods, new rural areas, listoric and cutural sites, and traditional villages. Agencies should rooperate ore closcly to help the taurisan industry exploit agriculture," Hoa said,
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