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Potential and current status of ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park - Kien Giang province - 14


promote the strengths of the garden in developing ecotourism;

- Policy orientation to resolve conflicts between parties participating in tourism activities to ensure balance between economic tourism goals and conservation and community support; ...

- Direct relevant departments and agencies in Kien Giang to implement the policy of integrating ecotourism development into community development programs such as: Hunger eradication and poverty reduction program, settlement program, agricultural and forestry development program, family planning, health care development, education... Because all of these programs aim to bring a better life to local communities and ensure sustainable development. Thus, community participation is indispensable for all development programs, including tourism.

Based on the policy of Kien Giang Provincial Government, U Minh Thuong National Park Management Board needs to proactively implement policies to promote the development of ecotourism in accordance with its nature. For example, implementing reward and punishment policies for tourism management and operation organizations and units such as:

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- Encourage investors to comply with the principles and requirements of ecotourism. Reduce taxes for investors with careful planning, organize tourism activities with high responsibility for the environment, and have community development plans. Or tax exemptions should be applied to components participating in providing tourism services in the first few years to create conditions for domestic and foreign economic components to directly or jointly exploit investment and tourism business. It is necessary to simplify administrative procedures to attract investors, encourage components participating in tourism business in the area to support financial resources for conservation work.

- Warn and take administrative measures against organizations and individuals managing and operating tourism for profit, not complying with the principles and requirements of ecotourism and the regulations of the National Park, affecting the environment and local communities.

Potential and current status of ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park - Kien Giang province - 14


3.2.6. Training solutions

Currently, the staff of the National Park is still lacking and the tourism expertise is still limited compared to the required tasks, especially the technical department and tour guides. That causes great difficulties in attracting tourists and attracting people to do tourism. Therefore, supplementing, adjusting and proactively training qualified human resources with tourism skills is an urgent task. Specific solutions on human resources and promoting local human resources are as follows:

- Structure and organize the administrative apparatus in a reasonable and flexible manner to meet political requirements, ensure economic development, improve the lives of staff and local people.

- It is necessary to open short-term training courses for staff and employees in the tourism department of the National Park. Issues of tourism in general and ecotourism in particular; organize many field trips for staff and employees in the tourism department of the National Park to typical ecotourism destinations in the country to have the opportunity to contact, exchange and learn experiences in tourism, send a number of qualified staff and employees to study and improve their tourism qualifications at home and abroad, especially in countries with experience in ecotourism such as: America, Australia, New Zealand...

- In addition to foreign languages ​​as a means of communication, ecotourism guides must have many skills and qualities such as good health, love of nature, understanding of nature and the community, knowledge of first aid and emergency care... The current tour guide force at the National Park is still lacking. Therefore, it is necessary to recruit new ones.

- Local people still lack knowledge and information, so they cannot organize and operate tourism activities themselves. Therefore, to improve the efficiency of exploitation and attract people to do tourism, it is necessary to invest in training and educating people in tourism skills (reception, accommodation, food and beverage, guidance, sales, etc.)

- Create all favorable conditions and encourage local families to send their children to school to gradually eliminate illiteracy among ethnic minorities. At the same time, prioritize training and recruiting local children to work at the


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3.2.7. Marketing solutions

Propaganda and promotion work is the most important measure today to help domestic and international tourists better understand U Minh Thuong National Park.

- Increase the publication of publications, tourist guidebooks, and leaflets introducing the National Park to widely disseminate to many different audiences at home and abroad, using many means of information and communication such as the Internet, television, etc. to widely introduce the image of the National Park to the public; combine with many other tourist destinations in Kien Giang province in promoting UMT tourism.

- Create brochures, books, posters, CDs - VCDs - DVDs... to introduce, promote and advertise the potential and unique products of the National Park, tours and eco-tourism destinations.

- Increase participation in domestic and international seminars, especially scientific and tourism seminars to enhance marketing and promote widely across markets.

- Promote the existing website of the National Park

- Organize to invite domestic and international companies and travel agencies to open tours in the National Park.

- Cooperate with Vietnam Television, Vietnam Airlines to promote through films, magazines, etc.

- Organize special tours with many forms of discounts, free initial services for promotion purposes.

- It is necessary to distribute survey forms to collect visitors' opinions during some tours in the National Park to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, good and bad aspects in order to have marketing directions as well as timely adjustments during tourism operations.

3.2.8. Investment cooperation solutions

Investment capital is an extremely important factor for tourism development projects in general and for ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park in particular. The amount of investment capital will determine the scale and quality of the project. Especially in the field of investment


infrastructure, tourism technical facilities and human resources. To increase investment capital for ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park, local authorities need to coordinate.

- Strengthen cooperation with domestic and international organizations in research, training, and experience exchange in planning, managing, and operating ecotourism; continue to cooperate with international organizations: nature conservation organizations, international funds for the protection of natural resources, international crane associations, etc.; cooperate and call for support from sectors and experts in establishing research projects and planning for ecotourism development.

- Calling for investment capital from the government, businesses, and individuals to build infrastructure, technical facilities serving tourism in infrastructure such as: transportation, electricity system, water supply and drainage system is very necessary because it not only serves the purpose of tourism development, but also improves the living conditions of the people. Thereby, people are aware of the change in living conditions, more convenient thanks to investment in tourism development, and from there they are willing to support tourism projects.

- Increase investment capital for human resource development. In ecotourism development, human resource is a very important factor, second only to tourism attraction. The level of human resource can determine the success or failure of ecotourism projects in national parks. Thus, labor for ecotourism is highly skilled labor, requiring a deep understanding of the fields of tourism, environment, culture - education... To do so, there must be a large investment in human resources. The responsibility lies above all with the local authorities of the communes in the national park and UMT district, Kien Giang province.

- Increase investment to support the local economy. The nature of ecotourism is to support the local community. Therefore, to develop ecotourism in U Minh Thuong National Park, the issue of investment to support the local economy is very necessary. Specifically, this investment needs to focus on supporting economic sectors serving tourism, such as traditional crafts, agriculture, etc.

- Increase investment in the restoration and embellishment of resources, such as indigenous cultural values, landscape values, etc.

- Cooperate with universities around the world and Vietnamese universities in research; combine with scientists and experts in ecosystem protection.


mangrove forests to study and find measures to regulate water levels seasonally, and at the same time find effective solutions to prevent "fires" in the dry season.


CONCLUDE


Sustainable development is not only the goal of the tourism industry but also the common goal of all economic sectors. In this thesis, the author has studied the development of sustainable tourism in the direction of tourism development associated with nature conservation and community development in a specific national park in Vietnam. That is the orientation of ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park, Kien Giang province.

The results achieved within the scope of the thesis research allow the following conclusions to be drawn:

1. In the world aiming at the goal of sustainable tourism development, ecotourism is being researched and expanded. It is considered a type of tourism with a high educational orientation and is developed on the basis of conservation associated with the principles and requirements of sustainable development. National parks are suitable locations and should be encouraged to develop this type of tourism.

2. Vietnam has a system of national parks and nature reserves characterized by ecosystem diversity, which is a great potential for ecotourism development. In particular, UMT National Park, Kien Giang province has high biodiversity, still preserving the original character of typical flooded forests combined with a rich ecosystem.

…If carefully planned for development, U Minh Thuong National Park will certainly be an attractive and highly competitive eco-tourism destination.

3. In recent years, the number of tourists visiting U Minh Thuong National Park has increased. However, economic tourism activities here have not been clearly demonstrated, and tourism activities are only spontaneous. U Minh Thuong National Park itself has not proactively organized services to welcome tourists. Applying the theoretical basis of ecotourism shows that if this situation continues for a long time, it will be a great loss to the resources and environment of the National Park. Therefore, the orientation of ecotourism development is appropriate and necessary for U Minh Thuong National Park.

4. The orientation of ecotourism development in U Minh Thuong National Park is based on the following principles and requirements of ecotourism; actual conditions of resources,


environment, tourism needs in the National Park; functions, management and development plans of U Minh Thuong National Park... and in accordance with the national strategy on ecotourism development of Vietnam.

5. To contribute to the orientation of the tourism development planning of U Minh Thuong National Park. The thesis focuses on researching the orientations and solutions to ensure:

- Exploiting territory and tourism resources reasonably, effectively and sustainably.

- Integrate effective ecological interpretation and education activities into the planning and organization of tourism activities.

- Encourage local community participation and support community development in a positive and effective manner.


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