Over 1.8 million foreign tourists visit HCMC Ho Chi Minh City has welcomed more than 1.8 million overseas arrivals so far this year, up by 10 percent against the same period last year.  The City’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced the figures on June 20. The turnover from tourists in the first six months of this year has reached 34,000 trillion VND, a 15 percent year on year increase and 50 percent of this year’s planned target. The City’s plans to promote tourism and improve domestic tourist products have now come to fruition. In addition, it intends to work closer with Southeastern and Southwestern provinces and cities to develop local tour services. The City has also been creating a safe, friendly and civilised environment to enable the tourist industry to thrive. |
Monday, 25 June 2012
Community-based tourism in Men mountain village
(TITC)_Located in Thanh Nua commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, Men mountain village has been known as a community-based tourist destination, attracting a large number of domestic and int’l visitors to come.
From Dien Bien Phu city, following the Highway 12 to the North about 6km, visitors will see the Men village. From a distance, Men village looks like a pretty picture with back leaning against mountain, facing the vast plains. Standing out from the green of trees and the blue of sky is traditional stilts houses of the ethnic Thai Den. Besides fresh air, cool, green and clean environment, Men village has also been known by its beautiful scenery.
There are more than 110 households with 500 inhabitants who are all Thai Den (Black). They live mainly based on growing rice, crops, cattle-breeding and traditional brocade embroidery. In the recent years, villagers have been joining hands to develop community-based tourism model integrating with civilized lifestyle and cultural tradition of local community. Thanks to the clear awareness of local people in community-based tourism development, Men village has become one of attractive destinations of domestic and int’l visitors.
Besides weaving and traditional brocade embroidery, the Thai Den still preserves traditional stilt houses architecture and their own daily customs. The stilt house has two floors, in which the upper is used for daily living of host and guests and the remaining for weavers, farming utensils, timber, firewood…
Aiming to ensure tourist service quality standard, the villagers have enhanced infrastructures such as toilets, water tanks as well as built a cultural house with traditional architecture to serve local community activities.
Visiting Men village, tourists will not only have a chance to enjoy natural landscapes of the North West but also to experience local daily activities and special foods.
With above efforts, Men village has been becoming an attractive, being worthy of a typical community tourism village in the economic and cultural development of Dien Bien province.
From Dien Bien Phu city, following the Highway 12 to the North about 6km, visitors will see the Men village. From a distance, Men village looks like a pretty picture with back leaning against mountain, facing the vast plains. Standing out from the green of trees and the blue of sky is traditional stilts houses of the ethnic Thai Den. Besides fresh air, cool, green and clean environment, Men village has also been known by its beautiful scenery.There are more than 110 households with 500 inhabitants who are all Thai Den (Black). They live mainly based on growing rice, crops, cattle-breeding and traditional brocade embroidery. In the recent years, villagers have been joining hands to develop community-based tourism model integrating with civilized lifestyle and cultural tradition of local community. Thanks to the clear awareness of local people in community-based tourism development, Men village has become one of attractive destinations of domestic and int’l visitors.
Besides weaving and traditional brocade embroidery, the Thai Den still preserves traditional stilt houses architecture and their own daily customs. The stilt house has two floors, in which the upper is used for daily living of host and guests and the remaining for weavers, farming utensils, timber, firewood…
Aiming to ensure tourist service quality standard, the villagers have enhanced infrastructures such as toilets, water tanks as well as built a cultural house with traditional architecture to serve local community activities.
Visiting Men village, tourists will not only have a chance to enjoy natural landscapes of the North West but also to experience local daily activities and special foods.
With above efforts, Men village has been becoming an attractive, being worthy of a typical community tourism village in the economic and cultural development of Dien Bien province.
Learning about Thai ethnic culture in Che Can village
(TITC) - Che Can village is located in Muong Phang commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, about 40 km to the northeast of Dien Bien Phu city. The peaceful space makes it an ideal place for people who want to keep away from noisy atmosphere of city.
Che Can village is home to nearly 100 black Thai ethnic households. Thanks to advantageous location near Pa Khoang lake and Muong Phang historical relic, local people have developed community-based tourism combining cultural, historical and ecological tourism. Currently, Che Can village has become a characteristic community-based tourism site and attracted a large number of visitors every year.One of Che Can’s unique features is architecture of traditional stilt houses. According to concept of Black Thai people in Northwestern region, stilt houses are usually located in high, dry and airy places putting back to mountains and facing rivers, streams or fields. The stilt houses are equipped necessary equipments as televisions, refrigerators… to improve life quality of people and serve visitors. Local people also invested to build a cultural stilt house with traditional architecture to display instruments, introduce information on history, culture of the village and organize community activities.
Apart from traditional architecture, Che Can also attracts visitors by specific festivals (Xen ban, Kin lau no festival…); exquisite folk songs, dances (Thai folk song, khan pieu dance…); diversified culinary culture (sticky mountain rice, grilled fish, chicken…) and unique traditional games (to ma le, to ma hap, to phai, tu lu…)
In addition, aiming to impress visitors, Che Can village has established an art team including 12 members to perform Thai songs and dances in festivals and in welcoming guests in the cultural stilt house.
Although Che Can village has promoted community-based tourism in a few recent years, it has achieved certain successes and become a specific community-based tourism site in Dien Bien province. In the future, Che Can would be a must-see destination in the journey to visit the historical relic and scenic landscape complex of Muong Phang.
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