Tay Ninh Tourism: The intersection of two lands

Tourists explore the Endless Fields Tourist Area

Diverse tourism products

Tay Ninh has an extremely diverse overall tourism picture, from Ba Den Mountain, Dau Tieng Lake, Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park - ASEAN Heritage Garden—to the Vam Co River, along with a system of unique historical - cultural relics such as the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Holy See, the Special National Historical Relic Site of the Southern Central Bureau Base, along with spiritual culture and vegetarian culinary culture that have become a brand.

After the merger, Tay Ninh has become an attractive green destination on the tourist map thanks to the presence of a diverse river ecosystem and natural landscape with the strengths of the Dong Thap Muoi region, such as the Tan Lap Floating Village Eco-tourism Area, Endless Fields Tourist Area, My Quynh Safari, etc.

Vegetarian culinary culture in Tay Ninh province is an intangible cultural heritage that attracts tourists near and far

As a land rich in revolutionary traditions, the province has much potential and strength in developing tourism associated with revolutionary tradition education. The whole province has 223 ranked relics, including 1 special national relic, 49 national relics, and 173 provincial relics.

In recent times, many relic sites have been restored and embellished, becoming highlights on the province's tourism map, notably: the special national historical relic site of the Southern Central Bureau Base, the Provincial Revolutionary Historical Relic Site, the Southern Resistance Party Committee and Administrative Committee Relic Site, the Memorial Site of Lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho, the Vam Nhut Tao Historical Relic Site, etc. The birth of the digital models at relic sites is a concrete demonstration of the determination to bring tourism associated with traditional education closer to tourists.

In addition, craft village tourism to learn about intangible cultural heritage is considered to be a potential product. Tay Ninh currently has 16 national intangible cultural heritages and 1 representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity—Southern Don ca tai tu. Folk festivals, performing arts, traditional crafts, and cuisine imbued with cultural identity are special attractions for domestic and foreign tourists.

When experiencing this type of tourism, visitors not only learn and clearly feel the culture of the nation through each story that makes up the heritage, but also directly experience and immerse themselves in the cultural space typical of each craft village and each region. This is the connection between the past and the present, contributing to raising awareness of heritage conservation and sustainable tourism development.

Tourists experience rice paper craft village 

Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh Hoa (living in Ho Chi Minh City) shared: “Visiting the Trang Bang rice paper craft village, I could feel the hardships of the workers, especially those who work by hand. The products look simple but go through many stages, such as soaking flour, grinding flour, spreading rice paper, baking, drying in dew, etc. All of them require meticulousness, patience and many years of experience. This is not just simple labor but also a process of cultural creation.”

Orientation to break through

Students experience Chhay-dam drum dance

According to Ms. Tran Thi Huy Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the rich cultural heritage resources of the province, the Department continues to preserve, exploit and promote cultural values ​​associated with sustainable tourism development.

In addition to prioritizing developing the Ba Den Mountain National Tourist Area into a unique, high-class tourist area of ​​the country and the world, the department also aims to attract and retain tourists based on existing routes. From there, it will plan and build more destinations with rich and diverse activities, interconnected and closed tourist corridors to develop accommodation, culinary and commercial services such as high-tech agricultural tourism - border gate economy; ecotourism in Dong Thap Muoi region, such as Tan Lap Floating Village, Dong Thap Muoi Medicinal Research, Conservation and Development Center - Endless Field Tourist Area, Lang Sen Wetland Conservation Area, etc.

With the advantage of having the Vam Co rivers, the provincial tourism industry is gradually investing in infrastructure and linking the development of tourism products, tours, and routes associated with river resources and people's daily lives. To bring this type of tourism closer to tourists, in addition to building unique tourism programs, the province also calls for participation and support from the community to help tourism develop sustainably, creating income and job opportunities for local people.

"The tourism development program needs to focus on two main goals: promoting the brand, increasing recognition, and creating many unique and specific tourism products that can extend the time of tourists in the locality. One of the new tourist routes that is oriented to be exploited is cruising and watching the sunset on the Vam Co Rivers" - Ms. Tran Thi Huy Hoang said.

Incense dragon dance - Tay Ninh's own brand

With the desire to turn the "smokeless industry" into an important economic sector of the locality, the province has a strategy to build and call on businesses and travel agencies to survey, select, and invest in tourism development.

Ms. Le Thi Nhu Oanh - Deputy Director of Huong Sen Viet Tourism Service Trading Company Limited (Tan Ninh Ward), said: "Recently, the unit has deployed a Tay Ninh tour to experience Tay Ninh with experiences such as learning about rice paper making, enjoying Trang Bang specialty rice noodles, immersing in nature at Safari My Quynh, Chavi Garden. We hope that through each organized tour, we will help Tay Ninh people understand and be more proud of a rich and beautiful homeland."

Mr. Ngo Tran Ngoc Quoc - Chairman of the Provincial Tourism Association, commented that Tay Ninh can completely become a tourism center of the Southeast region and a gateway connecting with Cambodia and ASEAN countries. This is an opportunity for us to develop interregional tourism products, extend the length of stay and increase tourists' spending.

To realize the goal of being the province's right arm in tourism development, the Provincial Tourism Association will connect destinations in the province with Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces, forming a "one journey - many experiences" route. The products will combine conquering Ba Den mountain, exploring the rivers of the West, enjoying vegetarian cuisine, visiting craft villages and immersing in traditional festivals. Enterprises are encouraged to innovate products in a green, sustainable direction, exploiting indigenous cultural values.

Along with that, the Provincial Tourism Association also continues to improve the quality of services and human resources towards the goal of building a team of professional, friendly tourism workers capable of telling the story of the homeland in an attractive way.

Possessing a special geographical location - the intersection between the dynamic Southeast and the rich Southwest, Tay Ninh province is increasingly affirming its potential to become an attractive tourist destination in the region and the whole country. By making the most of its available advantages and potential, Tay Ninh is not only a destination but also contributes to promoting regional connectivity, raising the position of local tourism on the national tourism map./.

By Staffs - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/du-lich-tay-ninh-su-giao-thoa-cua-2-vung-dat-a203057.html