Ben Tre welcomes international tour groups to experience coconut tourism

14/09/2023 933 0
Trong khuôn khổ của Hội chợ Du lịch quốc tế Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh lần thứ 17 năm 2023 (ITE HCMC 2023), Sở Văn hóa, Thể thao và Du lịch tỉnh Bến Tre phối hợp với Sở Du lịch TP. Hồ Chí Minh, Công ty Vietravel cùng các đơn vị doanh nghiệp du lịch trong tỉnh Bến Tre tổ chức đêm Gala Dinner cùng với chương trình tiếp đón đoàn Farmtrip gồm 27 hãng lữ hành quốc tế của 15 quốc gia đến tham quan, trải nghiệm du lịch sông nước xứ dừa Bến Tre.

Promote tourism products to international markets

In a welcome speech at the Gala Dinner, Vice Chairwoman of Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Be Muoi stated that Ben Tre is a province located downstream of the Mekong River, adjacent to the East Sea. Convenient transportation location both by road and waterway. Located 80km west of Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Tre develops tourism based on the river ecosystem of the coconut land, associated with the historical and cultural traditions of this land of spiritual masterpieces. Vice Chairwoman of Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Be Muoi said that Ben Tre province always wants to introduce images, tourism products and services, and traditional culture of the locality; promote tourism development based on the premise of exploiting and using indigenous resources; Strengthen connection of tours, routes, cooperation in investment - trade promotion, tourism services with tourism businesses, foreign travel businesses and international press agencies; Promote communication work to promote coconut tourism, expand relationships, and expand the tourist market.

Ben Tre province, with the goal of developing green and sustainable tourism, Ben Tre is gradually improving its transportation infrastructure system, technical facilities system as well as efforts to build a coconut tourism brand associated with the inherent characteristics of the province to develop into tourism products, ensuring both quality and quantity, ready to welcome tourists from everywhere to visit, relax and experience in the coconut hometown of Ben Tre.

Experience a cruise along the banks of the gentle Ben Tre River

Experience the coconut land

To find potential destinations that suit the preferences and needs of each international market, an international travel survey group from Ho Chi Minh City visits Ben Tre by road according to the 2 day 1 night tour program. In Ben Tre, the group took a cruise along both banks of the gentle Ben Tre River, enjoying the beautiful natural scenery; Visit and see how to make coconut candy using traditional manual methods, enjoy fruit, drink honey tea, listen to amateur music at the Ben Tre Southern coconut candy facility. The group also visited a traditional coconut mat weaving facility in Nhon An hamlet, Nhon Thanh commune - Ben Tre city; Visit Mango Home destination; Enjoy lunch with delicious specialties made from green coconut at TTC Ben Tre floating restaurant; Participate in gala dinner at Riverside Resort - Dua Hotel. In particular, the international travel survey group also visited the Ben Tre Museum and participated in interesting activities such as: experiencing the electric car on the cool green road, imbued with the coconut countryside in Rooster MeKong. In addition, the group also enjoyed immersing themselves in the flower garden and ornamental garden of Nam Cong-Cho Lach.

Accordingly, the group also rode a rickshaw, this is a classic and folk means of transportation of local people along village roads, passing through vast coconut gardens, admiring the daily life of rural people. In particular, the group visited the traditional mat weaving village of people in Nhon Thanh commune - Ben Tre.

Mr. Sandeep Raturi - Representative of Distinct Destinations Travel Company (India), when coming to survey and experience Ben Tre tourism, expressed his love after beautiful impressive moments at neighboring coconut tourism destinations beside Ben Tre river. Mr. Sandeep Raturi also said that coming to Ben Tre, I was immersed in the cool, green village ecological space on the Ben Tre river. Here, this experience helped us learn about the culinary culture of coconut land and enjoy dishes made from coconut ingredients such as: "steamed rice in coconut served with roasted coconut shrimp", "coconut salad with shrimp and meat", "roasted fish with coconut water served with vermicelli, salad"... are all popular and new, attractive to our group. And I am very excited to enjoy rowing a canoe to explore a small natural canal with a diverse canal system, wild plants and cool, graceful rows of water coconut trees on both sides of the canal of Ben Tre coconut land; Experience a cruise on the Ben Tre river, ride local people's motorbikes along the village roads, pass through vast coconut gardens and I also admire the beauty of Cai Mon Church, this is a masterpiece. The ancient architecture built more than 400 years ago is truly ancient and impressive in my eyes, Mr. Sandeep Raturi added.

Vice Chairwoman of Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Be Muoi spoke to welcome the international tourist group - (Photo: Tran Loi)

After experiencing dishes made from coconut, Mr. Pham Huu Phuc - Representative of Wonder Travel Company (Australia) shared with a reporter from Travel Magazine that the process of participating in the survey was one of the most memorable trips. The wonderful experience when coming to Ben Tre coconut land made me very surprised by the beautiful natural scenery on the Ben Tre river, the people here are always friendly and hospitable. I am also very impressed with the dishes made from coconut in Ben Tre.

In particular, I enjoyed musical performances imbued with the identity of Ben Tre's coconut countryside such as: Ben Tre ancient singing, Phu Le singing, and homeland rhythm dance. In addition, our group enjoyed watching performances of traditional musical instruments of Vietnamese musical culture crafted from coconut trees by folk artist Vo Van Ba and performed for domestic and international tourists to visit Ben Tre Museum.

Mr. Pham Huu Phuc shared further: "I will return to Vietnam, not only myself, but also bring many more foreign tourists, they are friends, international tourists to Vietnam in general and to explore and experience Ben Tre tourism in particular."

According to source https://www.vtr.org.vn

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