BOOSTING THE ECOTOURISM IN QUANG NAM’S MOUNTAINOUS AND BIODIVERSITY RICHNESS PLACES

Quang Nam is one of the fastest-growing tourism place in Vietnam. Having the advantage of the world cultural heritage sites such as Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Temple Area, Bai Choi art, and a great number of distinctive landscapes, artisan villages, and traditional festivals have been the main drivers for tourism growth in Quang Nam province. However, tourism development in Quang Nam has been focusing profoundly on the cultural heritage sites, other important tourism value such as the natural sceneries, rural and mountainous landscape has not been used to promote and enrich the tourism experiences activity yet. Nature landscape, forest amenities and biodiversity values in the province’s forests and the ocean will be the additional resources that help to boost the province tourism industry, create additional development prospects, and improve benefits for both local communities and forest owners.

To promote green tourism and responsible-tourism development in Quang Nam’s biodiversity richness areas, where home to many ethnic minorities groups with dynamic and unique cultures, the Center for Nature Conservation and Development (CCD) in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) to new develop eco-tourism plan for Song Thanh National Park and the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area. These ecotourism development plans will be strategic master piece that guide the expansion of tourist development in these two protected areas, promote education and and heighten the understanding of the public toward the nature, biodiversity and threatened species.

With its mission, CCD will continue to assist protected areas in Vietnam, especially in Quang Nam province in planning and advancing ecotourism activities more sustainably and responsibly to ensure the harmony between conservation and development and promoting a strong sense of responsibility and the human-nature connection.