Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) was honored as the best tourist village in the world

NDO - On the afternoon of October 19, the People's Committee of Quang Binh province held a press conference to inform about the event: Tan Hoa village, Minh Hoa district was honored by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as the best tourist village in the world. world in 2023.

NDO - On the afternoon of October 19, the People's Committee of Quang Binh province held a press conference to inform about the event: Tan Hoa village, Minh Hoa district was honored by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as the best tourist village in the world. world in 2023.

Tan Hoa - The best tourist village in the world.

At the press conference, a representative of the Quang Binh Department of Tourism said that on October 18, within the framework of the 25th Congress of the UNWTO High Council taking place in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), a Gala night was held to announce the stars. The tourist village won the Best Tourism Village award in 2023, of which Vietnam's Tan Hoa tourist village was honored to be named.

View the press conference.

Tan Hoa is the only Vietnamese village elected by UNWTO in the list of 260 villages from 60 countries participating in the 2023 tournament. From a weather-adapted village, Tan Hoa has now become the best tourist village in the world.

According to the press conference organizing committee, in order to gradually transform Tan Hoa from an area considered the "flood navel" of Quang Binh to become a key tourist center in the northwest of Quang Binh, over the years, Chua Tourism Company Me Dat (Oxalis) together with the authorities of Tan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, and Quang Binh Department of Tourism build a solid step-by-step development strategy for Tan Hoa: From bringing local people to participate in tourism activities to gradually put people in control of the services they provide to tourists.

A corner of Tan Hoa Tourist Village.

Steps to build a tourism product to explore the Tu Lan cave system, an off-road motorbike tour to explore the ironwood forest and other products to gradually diversify services for tourists .

Tan Hoa is oriented to develop according to the model of a weather-adapted tourist village, providing diverse experiences for tourism from homestays, farming experience, dining at people's houses, souvenir stalls and in other diverse services for tourists.

This place is also well invested in promotion work through domestic and foreign press to introduce Tu Lan and Tan Hoa; "Blockbuster" movies shot in Tan Hoa such as "Kong: Skull Island", "Immortals", "The Legend of Quan Tien"...

From flood-resistant floating houses to floating house homestays adapting to climate change.

The representative of the Department of Tourism of Quang Binh province added that at the end of 2022, through practical consultation in Tan Hoa, the representative of the General Department of Tourism (now the National Tourism Department) proposed that Tan Hoa participate in the "Best" award. Tourism Villages” of UNWTO.

Realizing that this is a good opportunity to help promote Tan Hoa and the region, the Department of Tourism of Quang Binh and Oxalis have coordinated with the People's Committee of Minh Hoa district and Tan Hoa commune to plan to build a model. tourist village image according to UNWTO standards to participate in the award.

Homestay on a floating house brings a new experience to visitors when coming to Tan Hoa.

Preparing applications to participate in awards and developing criteria that meet UNWTO requirements is very complex, requiring a deep understanding of environmental, labor, community, benefits and environmental criteria. many other criteria to build models and operating procedures that meet UNWTO standards.

According to the results announcement from UNWTO, in 2023 there will be 260 tourist villages from 60 countries around the world participating in the UNWTO World Tourism Organization's Best Tourism Village award, of which Vietnam has 4 participating tourist villages. from Quang Binh, Son La, Lai Chau and Hoa Binh provinces.

Among them, the Tan Hoa Weather Adaptive Tourism Village model of Quang Binh province is the only village in Vietnam elected by UNWTO along with a number of other villages in the world for this year's award.

Tu Lan Lodge is an accommodation model based on cliffs to adapt to the weather in the "flood navel" area of ​​Tan Hoa.

Sharing the good news with reporters at the press conference, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Binh province Ho An Phong said that Tan Hoa winning this prestigious award from the world's prestigious tourism organization is an act of kindness. A solid site helps Tan Hoa firmly step into the world and gradually become a key tourist center in the northwest of Quang Binh.

In the future, Quang Binh will gradually build Tan Hoa tourism village into a model weather-adapted tourism model in Vietnam and a model for Southeast Asia. In addition to building tourism products that adapt to weather conditions, this will also be an effective model of linkage between businesses and communities to exploit advantages for sustainable development.

World Tourism Organization's Best Tourism Village Awards: This is a global initiative that aims to highlight villages where tourism preserves and promotes community-based values, products and lifestyles. and rural areas, while promoting innovation and sustainability. The initiative also recognizes the contribution of villages to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through tourism. The initiative was launched in 2021 as part of UNWTO's tourism for rural development programme, which seeks to make tourism a driver of rural development and wellbeing. By 2022, more than 70 villages from nearly 40 countries have been recognized by UNWTO as Best Tourism Villages. These villages are examples of rural tourism destinations that offer authentic and diverse experiences for visitors, while creating opportunities and benefits for local people and the environment.

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Update day : 19/10/2023