Traditional craft villages and their significance for tourism development in Ninh Binh province

CHAPTER 3 SUMMARY

Above are solutions to develop traditional craft village tourism in Ninh Binh, specifically three typical villages such as stone - Ninh Van, embroidery - Van Lam, sedge mat - Kim Son. In which, the solution of investing in building and developing craft villages and craft village tourism is the most important. However, it must be applied synchronously to bring about positive results. Hopefully, the solutions that the author proposes will contribute a small part to promoting traditional craft village tourism activities in Ninh Binh in general and the three villages of Xuan Vu - Ninh Van, Kim Son, Van Lam - Ninh Hai in particular.

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CONCLUDE

1. Conclusion

Traditional Vietnamese craft villages are an extremely valuable humanistic tourism resource, "considered a form of humanistic tourism resource of special importance. Because craft village tourism products always include both tangible and intangible values", they have greatly contributed to making Vietnam's tourism resources more diverse and rich. Tourists coming to Vietnam can not only admire the majestic landscapes, unique and one-of-a-kind creations of nature, but also admire the architectural works, historical relics, ancient and profound traditional craft villages that carry within them very Vietnamese cultural values with unique and distinctive traditional products created by the talented and skillful hands of farmers and craftsmen in traditional craft villages. These are masterpieces, cultural beauties that cannot be mixed with any other ethnic group. Those cultural quintessence are precious assets, the crystallization of the pure Vietnamese soul. That is the attraction that attracts domestic and foreign tourists to visit traditional Vietnamese craft villages.

Ninh Binh is a province with great tourism potential. When mentioning Ninh Binh, people immediately think of famous tourist areas such as Tam Coc - Bich Dong, Phat Diem stone church complex, the temple of two kings Dinh and Le, most recently Trang An eco-tourism area and Bai Dinh pagoda spiritual area. Ninh Binh does not have many famous craft villages like Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Da Nang, ... but each craft village in Ninh Binh has its own unique features that cannot be mixed. Traditional craft villages in Ninh Binh have a long history with many diverse, unique products and diverse designs. All traditional handicraft products of Ninh Binh are highly applicable in life, but also have a strong artistic character, so they always attract customers. Traditional craft villages in the province are still

Preserving intact cultural values and professional secrets should always be an interesting topic for each visit. Research on the development of traditional craft villages in Ninh Binh shows that traditional craft villages in Ninh Binh have the potential to serve the development of traditional craft village tourism. With its strengths in tourism, Ninh Binh has abundant cultural and historical resources to exploit for tourism activities. What is special is that each craft village in the province is located right next to famous tourist areas. Therefore, developing traditional craft village tourism is also a strength. Each craft village in Ninh Binh has its own characteristics that create unique products, not boring for tourists but always a cultural factor that attracts tourists. Visitors to Ninh Binh's traditional craft villages not only appreciate the cultural and historical values but also have interesting experiences, have the opportunity to "be an artisan for a day".

To promote the development of traditional craft village tourism in Ninh Binh, it is necessary to have optimal strategies and solutions to overcome weaknesses and shortcomings in craft villages, and maximize the strengths of craft villages in exploiting tourism services.

2. Recommendations

In the future, to develop tourism activities in traditional craft villages in Ninh Binh more strongly, there needs to be policies to promote them more quickly.

- Prioritize villages with high economic efficiency.

- Create preferential capital sources for families and businesses operating in craft villages to borrow capital to promote the preservation and development of craft villages.

- Encourage young people in craft villages to attend tourism training classes to return to their hometowns to serve the tourism activities of their hometown craft villages, improving the quality of tourism in craft villages.

- There are policies and directions to support Ninh Binh craft villages to develop tourism.

- Organize training courses on tourism work, tourism service knowledge, and environmental protection at tourist destinations.

- To preserve and develop craft villages, it is necessary to link tourism through the construction and organization of tourist routes associated with craft villages.

- Strengthen training in marketing knowledge, technical knowledge and product design for craftsmen, implement investment incentive policies, find markets for craft village products to increase product value and aim to attract tourists to visit craft villages on craft village tours.

- Find funding sources to support craft villages to maintain their profession and most importantly, build infrastructure and technical facilities to serve craft village tourism.

- Organize tourism fairs and skill competitions between craft villages to improve the skills of artisans and craftsmen, contributing to promoting craft village tourism.

- Building and renovating transportation, communication and infrastructure systems, and especially building product display areas in craft villages.

- There are policies to support families with elderly artisans with golden hands, encouraging those artisans to pass on their skills to the next generation to maintain the traditional craft of the village.

- Participate in training courses on sales skills, tourism services, and civilized behavior with tourists.

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