For Binh Duong tourism to get more thriving

After 3 days of taking place, the program of surveying tourist destinations combined with a talk show to contribute ideas to improving tourism products and services (famtrip program) in Binh Duong province in 2023 has ended successfully. In addition to introducing the local tourism potential to tourism businesses throughout the country, the famtrip program also received many contributive ideas by tourism businesses and experts from universities to help the province's tourism sector have more new orientations in building products for better development in the coming time.

Meaningful program

Nguyen Duc Minh, Director of provincial Center for Tourism Promotion said that in order to jointly develop the local tourism sector, the center cooperated with provincial Tourism Association to organize the 2023 famtrip program in 3 days from May 9 to 11. The program was organized with the aim of exploiting strong points in developing the local typical tourism products in order to build and develop industrial tourism, traditional craft village tourism, entertainment tourism, sports tourism, spiritual tourism... at visitors’ needs.

Delegates participating in the famtrip program visit and survey at the Fito  Museum

The program also contributed to promoting linkages, connecting tours between travel businesses in and out of the province and industrial product production facilities, tourist sites and units… in the province, thereby helping travel businesses introduce, set up tours to bring tourists from other provinces and cities to Binh Duong and vice versa.

During 3 days of experiencing with the program, representatives of more than 50 travel businesses across the country, tourism experts from universities and colleges had the opportunity to visit the province’s typical historical - cultural relics, including “Iron Triangle Tunnel” where is considered as the "miracle underground village" of Binh Duong province, Hoi Khanh pagoda with unique architectural features where is also home to the largest reclining Buddha statue in the region. Other destinations, namely Phu Cuong Cathedral, Tuong Binh Hiep lacquer village in Thu Dau Mot city, Phu An bamboo village in Ben Cat town, Hong Van orchard, Fito Museum in Thuan An city... also brought the delegation new and interesting discoveries.

For a long time, Binh Duong has been known as one of the country’s locality with strong industrial development, including the ceramic industry with famous brands. Coming to Binh Duong this time, members of the famtrip group were guided to visit and experience at Minh Long Ceramic Company I in Thuan An city. Here, members not only learnt about the process of making ceramic items from the famous Minh Long I Ceramics brand. This is also one of products that every visitor to Binh Duong can buy as gifts after their trip.

For tourism to get more thriving

In addition to visiting tourist destinations, accommodation facilities, enjoying the unique culinary culture of Binh Duong, within the framework of this famtrip program, there was also a talk show to contribute ideas, helping the province's tourism industry perfect its tourism products to attract more tourists in the coming time.

Dr.Tran Thi Thuy Trang, Head of the Tourism Faculty’s Travel Subject under Van Lang University said that Binh Duong has many advantages, especially in terms of material facilities, tourism technical infrastructure as well as tourism infrastructure, standard 3 to 5-star accommodation facilities. Besides, Binh Duong's tourism products are quite diverse and cuisine is also very rich, suitable for the taste of tourists from regions across the country. “In order to promote the local tourism sector, one of the things that Binh Duong needs to pay attention to is to strengthen popularization. Binh Duong needs to strengthen its brand identity as well as images so that people and tourists know more about the local tourist products, thereby attracting more tourists…”, Dr. Trang shared.

Nguyen Truong Giang, from Dong Nai-based Thai Loan Tourism Company,  one of the travel companies regularly bringing tourists to Binh Duong and through this famtrip said that after this famtrip, he had an idea of ​​building new tourism products for the company to contribute to promoting Binh Duong’s tourism sector in the coming time. Binh Duong needs to offer tourism stimulus packages for travel companies, short-term loans to create conditions for tourist destinations to improve themeselves for better development. Especially, the province needs to support travel businesses to get the best service prices so that they can bring more and more tourists to Binh Duong”, he added.

Contact information: Binh Duong provincial Center for Tourism Promotion at No. 239 Thich Quang Duc, Chanh Nghia Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province. Phone: (0274) 3855636 Website:dulichbinhduong.org.vn Email: ttxtdl@binhduong.gov.vn

Reported by Hong Thuan-Translated by Kim Tin