Orientation for Adventure Tourism Development in Ha Giang

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2.3. General assessment

2.3.1. Advantages

. Ha Giang is the northernmost border mountainous province of the country, with many advantages in natural and human ecological resources for tourism development. With a system of 23 national-level relics and scenic spots, 8 national intangible cultural heritages, 2 national treasures and 29 provincial-level relics and scenic spots. Nature has bestowed on Ha Giang province a rich and diverse ecosystem with particularly valuable scenic spots. For example, the famous Tay Con Linh peak, the scenic Thac Tien Deo Gio, the charm of terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi and Xin Man districts in the ripe rice season... captivate people's hearts. Due to its geographical location and rugged terrain, Ha Giang is one of the few localities in the country that is still less affected by socio-economic development activities. As a result, many natural values ​​such as landscape, ecosystem, ethnic culture, architectural works, etc. are still preserved quite intact, close to their original values. And this is the comparative advantage of Ha Giang because one of the purposes of tourism is to explore and experience the original natural and cultural values ​​of the destination. This important advantage needs to be fully studied as a basis for building unique and highly competitive tourism products, not only of the local nature of Ha Giang tourism but also of the regional and national nature.

More specifically, Ha Giang also owns the Dong Van Stone Plateau Geopark, which was recognized by UNESCO in 2010 as a global geopark with outstanding criteria of geological, geomorphological, ecological, cultural and archaeological values ​​of global significance. Dong Van Stone Plateau is truly a special advantage of Ha Giang tourism, not only compared to other mountainous localities in the North but also to other localities in the country. Thanks to this event, it has helped attract tourists from all over the world to visit and admire. This

is a good sign for Ha Giang tourism. Ha Giang is constantly improving not only the quantity but also the quality of infrastructure conditions, technical facilities, and accompanying tourism services to best and most effectively serve tourism activities. In addition, Ha Giang also attracts a lot of investment in tourism projects to upgrade and expand new tourism models. This contributes to diversifying tourism products, in which the initial exploitation of adventure tourism in a more professional manner is also receiving a lot of attention. Hopefully, with the investment and recent new mechanisms and policies; the projects will be put into effective operation.

2.3.2. Difficulties

Ha Giang is a mountainous province with a low starting point compared to the general level of the whole country. According to many experts, most of Ha Giang's tourism resources are still in the form of potential that has not been awakened, exploited effectively, and has not become a brand with identity. Infrastructure is still underdeveloped, technical infrastructure (such as regional traffic) is still limited. Technical facilities for tourism in tourist areas and spots are still lacking and weak. Low quality human resources affect tourism activities - which is a service industry requiring high quality. Due to its distance from major tourist centers, the ability to attract visitors from these centers is difficult. Weather conditions are not really favorable, the impact of climate change, especially in remote areas. There is a lack of connection between cultural tourism development, cultural activities serving tourism are still limited, fragmented, and have not been specifically planned. Cultural products associated with tourism are not diverse, service quality is not high, and lack of professionalism. Another objective reason is the increasingly fierce competitive pressure, especially for tourism in the Northeastern mountainous provinces, which is still a young industry with many weaknesses. Competition between destinations in the region is becoming more fierce with new scale and nature. Competitive factors require provinces in the region to invest in improving the competitiveness of tourism products. These difficulties are all difficult problems for the tourism industry.

Ha Giang tourism needs to find solutions to promptly overcome and improve the quality of tourism for the province.

Chapter 2 Summary

It can be said that Ha Giang has great potential in developing adventure tourism. The conditions of natural resources, humanities, infrastructure, technical tourism facilities; policy mechanisms... all fully meet the requirements of adventure tourism. Besides those advantages, there are also limitations and weaknesses that Ha Giang province needs to overcome in order to create opportunities for further development of local tourism. From the above difficulties, in chapter 3 the author will contribute some solutions and recommendations to more effectively exploit the conditions for developing adventure tourism in Ha Giang.

CHAPTER 3

SOME SOLUTIONS TO EFFECTIVELY EXPLOIT CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING ADVENTURE TOURISM IN HA GIANG

3.1. Orientation for adventure tourism development in Ha Giang

3.2.1. Developing adventure tourism in association with local communities

Community plays a very important role in developing adventure tourism because of the following factors:

- The community is the real owner, the one who understands the area where adventure tourism is organized better than anyone else. As indigenous people, with natural ecology, they know what rare trees and animals are in their mountainous area; with human ecology, they are the owners of the customs, habits and culture of a land. The local community is the one who controls the values ​​of tourism resources to support tourists to have the opportunity to learn and raise their awareness when they have the opportunity to access the tourism resource system in the living space of the local community. The understanding and knowledge of indigenous people play a very important role in organizing adventure tourism in the mountainous area of ​​Ha Giang.

- The community is the most sustainable and effective protector of natural tourism resources. The relationship between indigenous people and natural resources is a long-standing relationship. In many places, local people use natural resources as a means of living or a livelihood through local management and they know how to protect and control the use of natural resources to avoid the destruction of those resources. Indigenous people are people who have lived with ecological resources for many generations. They protect resources for the survival of the community and themselves. There will be no more adventure tourism if the ecology is destroyed and resources are exhausted. Promoting the role of protecting adventure tourism resources for indigenous communities is vital to organizing adventure tourism in Ha Giang.