Local households living near the Stork Island in northern Hai Huong
province participated in a training course on building community-based
tourism products on the island on October 22-23.
Participants were provided with skills and information on welcoming
homestay tourists, guiding them how to work on farm, and organising folk
games.
Held by the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanoi Tourism Investment JSC, the
event is part of the project on “Development of community-based tourism
in Chi Lang Nam, Thanh Mien district by 2020”, aiming to help local
people self-organise tourism activities, develop eco-tourism and protect
the environment.
Stork Island, covering nearly
32,000 hectares, is located in the middle of An Duong Lake in Chi Lang
Nam commune, Thanh Mien district. It is now home to about 170 flora and
fauna species. From the ninth month of lunar calendar to the fourth of
next year, thousands of storks, herons and birds flock to the island to
seek for food.
Hai Duong province has defined
Stork Island eco-tourism and Con Son-Kiep Bac cultural tourism as the
potential and spearhead to develop the province’s “non-smoke” industry.-VNA