Hau Giang - exploiting cultural heritage to create "leverage" for tourism development

02/05/2024
Hau Giang is on the path of developing tourism and has many attractive destinations. According to the resolution of the 4 pillars of the Provincial Party Committee on developing industry, agriculture, urban areas and tourism in the period of 2021 - 2025 and the following years, Hau Giang is determined to create a breakthrough in tourism development, including promoting the exploitation of cultural heritage, creating a "leverage" for tourism development in the coming time.

Hau Giang is on the path of developing tourism and has many attractive destinations. According to the resolution of the 4 pillars of the Provincial Party Committee on developing industry, agriculture, urban areas and tourism in the period of 2021 - 2025 and the following years, Hau Giang is determined to create a breakthrough in tourism development, including promoting the exploitation of cultural heritage, creating a "leverage" for tourism development in the coming time.

On Saturday evenings, the first week of every month at HD Coffee House - Hung Dao multi-functional cultural area, people come here not only to enjoy a cup of pure coffee but also to immerse themselves in emotions, enjoying the amateur songs performed by members of the amateur music club. This is a highlight attracting visitors to Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province, because amateur music is an art form recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, in Hamlet 4A, Tan Hoa commune, said, "After tiring and stressful working days, I come here on weekends to listen to amateur songs and feel relaxed, all the fatigue disappears, regaining energy to start a new effective working week."

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Artists often practice singing.

Don ca tai tu is also one of the genres that Hau Giang pays special attention to and gradually creates conditions for preserving, promoting, and creating more playgrounds for artisans to exchange and pass on their skills. The whole province has nearly 100 don ca tai tu clubs, teams, and groups, with more than 1,000 artisans. Special attention is paid to organizing training in the system of centers, so that artisans in these clubs have enough performance skills and connect, support localities to create diversity, richness and improve the quality of clubs from the province to the grassroots. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hau Giang province directs the Provincial Cultural Center to focus on improving the quality of don ca tai tu clubs from the province to the grassroots and support each locality to build a quality don ca tai tu club, connect to build a program to introduce the tourism potential of the locality, capable of serving tourists in tourist areas and spots when needed. This is also an open direction for grassroots amateur music clubs to improve quality, helping artists have more opportunities to increase income to ensure their lives and nurture their long-term passion.

Located in the center of the West Hau River region, in the Mekong Delta, Hau Giang province has many beautiful landscapes bestowed by nature, along with many attractive tourist destinations for domestic and foreign visitors such as: Kittyd & Minnied Amusement Park, Vo Truong Toan University, Chau Thanh A district; Nga Bay - Phung Hiep Floating Market; The most beautiful bamboo road in Hau Giang, Muong Dinh Homestay, Nhon Nghia A commune, Chau Thanh A district, Xa No Hau Giang tourist ship,...

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Image of amateur music performing for tourists on the Xa No tourist ship.

Hau Giang owns 17 famous historical-cultural relics at national and provincial levels, suitable for developing tourism to learn about history, which are very popular with tourists. Coming to Hau Giang, tourists cannot miss the special national relic of the victory of Chuong Thien, the temple of Uncle Ho in Hamlet 3, Luong Tam Commune, Long My District, the relic of the Vi Thanh - Hoa Luu secret area, a national historical-cultural relic, located in Area 4, Ward I, Vi Thanh City, the relic of the Can Tho Provincial Party Committee base in Phuong Binh Commune, Phung Hiep District.

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Youth union members return to their roots at the Can Tho Provincial Party Committee base relic site.

In addition, it is impossible not to mention some cultural and religious works (Truc Lam Hau Giang Zen Monastery, Quan De Temple, Vi Hung Church...); cultural festivals (Flower and incense offering ceremony at Uncle Ho Temple; festivals of Khmer and Chinese people); traditional craft villages (weaving, betel growing...). Hau Giang cuisine has specialties from agricultural products, OCOP, contributing to diversifying tourism products. These characteristics have created a different and unique Hau Giang for all tourists when traveling to Hau Giang.

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The gentle Sang Xa No canal, through Mot Ngan town, Chau Thanh A district.

The above historical and cultural relics have created a different Hau Giang, with its own characteristics when coming to Hau Giang. Thereby contributing to promoting tourism development in the area. Looking back at the number of tourists coming to Hau Giang over the years with impressive numbers, if in 2006-2010 there were 40,000 -120,000 visitors, 2010 - 2015 with 182,000 visitors, 2015-2020 was 486,000 visitors, then in 2023 the whole province welcomed nearly 520,000 visitors, including over 25,000 international visitors, total revenue from tourists reached 236 billion VND. This result is higher than the previous year, when in 2022 the province welcomed 390,000 visitors (11,000 international visitors), with total revenue reaching 178 billion VND. Thus, revenue is about 58 billion VND higher than the previous year.

However, it must be recognized that Hau Giang is still in the early stages of development, with a low starting point compared to tourism in other provinces and cities in the region. Meanwhile, the challenge of competing in tourism development with neighboring areas exists. Therefore, building unique tourism products with high competitiveness will be a big problem for the province's tourism industry.

Therefore, in the coming time, Hau Giang is determined to well implement the Resolution of the 4 pillars of the province, in which the tourism sector, the province has built a Project on developing community tourism in Hau Giang province until 2025, with a vision to 2030. That is, developing community tourism must be associated with local socio-economic development with resource protection, conservation and promotion of cultural resource values, respect for indigenous cultural values, community values, ensuring environmental sanitation, security, and national defense. Developing diverse and sustainable community tourism with products, agricultural production models combined with eco-tourism, culture, history, art, handicrafts, traditional craft villages... In which the province is determined to promote the exploitation of cultural heritage to create a "leverage" to bring Hau Giang tourism to increasingly develop to its full potential. Striving to welcome 1,500,000 visitors by 2030. Mr. Nguyen Van Bay - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hau Giang province said: "In the coming time, the province will mobilize all conditions and resources to effectively exploit conditions, potentials and strengths to develop tourism in the province, especially promoting the exploitation of cultural heritage to create momentum for tourism development. In addition, it will be integrated with programs and projects such as the national target program on new rural construction, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program to promote tourism development, contributing to making tourism in Hau Giang province a spearhead economic sector".

Investing in tourism, creating a highlight for Hau Giang tourism on the "regional and national tourism map" is a promising direction, determined by the leaders of Hau Giang province, making tourism worthy of being one of the four development pillars of the province.

Nguyen Van Phuc

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