(MegaStory - Dong Khoi Online Newspaper) Experiential tourism in Ben Tre: Love more the beauty of Coconut Land

15/03/2022 1601 0

Homestay on Ba Tu island of Kim Linh - Van Thao family in the coastal commune of Thoi Thuan, Binh Dai. The country house is neat, tidy, and windy with thatched roofs amid vast shrimp squares and salt fields. Linh's family originally made a living from aquaculture, seafood and salt making with 4 acres of land and sunny sea all year round. The scenery is "empty and empty", nothing special that makes it a tourist destination, is what many people think when they hear about this land. Yet the young couple brought the most simple things of their hometown to "entertain guests" from near and far, leaving warm feelings in the hearts of strangers.

Kim Linh-Van Thao's family carries the simple and sincere images of the people of the coastal land of Binh Dai welcoming guests from far away.

Mr Thao welcomed us in a Ba Ba shirt, carrying a shopping bag. As he walked, he told us about the couple's fate in travelling. “I like the rustic lifestyle now and want to recreate it, and my wife likes to travel. Therefore, the couple thought of combining these two ideas," Mr Thao said with a smile. Kim Linh-Van Thao family started doing homestays in 2018, along with accommodation, the products for guests coming to the house are the family's daily activities: fishing, catching fish, catching oysters, and making salt... Convenient to the water, Mr Thao will take guests to Chay Muoi Island to play. If guests stay, they will make country pancakes or go snail-catching and ba scallops.

Mr. Thao welcomes tourists to visit.

After changing into our Ao Ba Ba (i.e. a type of shirt used by South Vietnamese people), the whole group of us immersed ourselves in the life of the coastal countryside, eagerly following the homeowner to catch oysters. Born and raised in an urban area, wading into a flooded pond for the first time felt both strange and exciting. We divided into two teams and competed to see which side could catch more clams. The results of the competition were included in a nautical lunch with grilled fish, garlic-roasted blood cockles and hot fish hot pot. Laughter echoed endlessly throughout the afternoon.

Tourists enjoy experiencing rustic activities in the coastal countryside.

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In addition to the homestay at Ba Tu island in Thoi Thuan (Binh Dai), many other homestays and tourism businesses in Ben Tre are also orienting and developing in the way of exploiting tourism from indigenous cultural elements. Depending on the characteristics and scale, each location has different products. For example, also in Binh Dai, Ut Trinh homestay allows guests to experience residential life on Tam Hiep island. Homestay Maison du pays de Ben Tre introduces tourism products from rural life associated with the Giong Trom district. Homestays and eco-tourism destinations in the southern area of ​​Ben Tre City such as Lan Vuong, Xom Dua Nuoc, Nguyet Que, Ba Danh or Ben Tre Riverside Resort... introduce river tourism products associated with urban life in  Ben Tre City. Ecotourism destinations in Chau Thanh bring unique experiences of fruitful orchards.

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Ben Tre's tourism products are exploited based on indigenous cultural characteristics.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a big challenge for tourism workers, but it is not a barrier that stops young people who love the culture and beauty of their homeland. Ben Tre tourism workers still find ways to overcome and overcome difficulties to come back stronger.​​

Take the "monkey bridge", an image recreated by the tourist destination, reminiscent of an old rural life.

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Not only the couple Kim Linh - Van Thao, can be said that people working in Ben Tre tourism have always innovated and improved themselves. The training and fostering work is focused on and organized by the authorities in many forms and contents directly into professional practice, contributing to changing the thinking and way of doing tourism of tourism workers here. From here, the awareness of promoting the value of coconut trees and honouring local culture has become a model in Ben Tre's tourism development.

Ben Tre tourism industry focuses on professional training for tourism workers to improve service quality.

In addition, tourism workers in Ben Tre have been focusing a lot on taking advantage of the local traditional cultural values ​​and revolutionary history in tourism. Develop stories of cultural traditions and residents' lives into stories to introduce to tourists from near and far. Thereby, creating unique and unique features of Ben Tre tourism on the journey to affirm the unique features of coconut tourism.

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The traditional crafts of local people have become unique tourism products that tourists love to learn about.

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Determined to recover after the pandemic, Ben Tre tourism industry is cautiously opening its doors to domestic and foreign tourists with the message "Adaptation - Safety - Efficiency". Continue to propagate and mobilize businesses and tourism establishments to implement the province's socio-economic recovery and development plan, propagate and mobilize tourists and residential communities to implement good epidemic prevention measures according to recommendations and guidance of the health sector, launching Ben Tre tourism with the motto "Opening must be safe" and "Opening must be safe". At the same time, support businesses that are not ready or have difficulties to gradually recovering and adapting to the new situation.

 River ecology is a characteristic of Ben Tre tourism.

Source baodongkhoi.vn

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