Tourism products in Mekong Delta lack diversity

Tourism products in Mekong Delta lack diversity By Trung Chanh Tourists travel in boats on a river in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. The delta has sufficient resources, but its tourism products lack diversity – PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH AN GIANG – The Mekong Delta region has enough natural resources for developing tourism products in general and agritourism in particular. However, its tourism products are lacking in innovation, according to Phan Dinh Hue, director of Vietcircle Travel and Service Company. Hue told The Saigon Times on the sidelines of a workshop on improving the effectiveness of agritourism activities, held in An Giang Province yesterday, October 1, that the Mekong Delta region is rich in natural resources such as orchards, rivers and mountains for tourism development. “These areas are very appealing to tourists, especially those from Europe,” he said, noting that the delta is sunny all year round, which gives the area a competitive edge for tourism development during all four seasons. However, Hue of Vietcircle ascribed the similarity of tourism products to the fact that tourism service providers have limited thinking and knowledge of the development of tourism products. “Tourism products require differences to have a competitive edge,” he said, adding that the problem lies in the fact that tourism service providers just copy ideas from each other, resulting in boredom among tourists. He said the delta has sufficient resources to create diversity in tourism products, such as specializing in fruit, mangrove ecology, ethnic culture and spiritual tourism. As… [Read full story]