Tourism development associated with environmental protection

15/09/2015

A model of tourism development associated with environmental protection has been deployed in Ban Lac, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province since last year.  A tour which is so-called "to pay money to collect rubbish" is attracting a lot of foreign tourists. Accordingly, once a week on Saturday morning, tourists will spend 40 - 45 minutes to clean up and clean environment around their campfire before moving to other places in their journey.     Tourists are willing and happy to pay money to take part in this tour. It is very significant for them to spend a little time in the journey to protect the environment. It is similar to their thanks to the nature bringing about beautiful scenery as well as an interesting holiday. Recently, during Ha Long Week, more than 120 volunteers from 25 countries around the world have gathered in Ha Long Bay for garbage collection. This is part of the campaign to call for younger generation’s awareness of environmental protection. From those stories in Ha Long Bay and Ban Lac, foreign tourists visiting Vietnam are more conscious in protecting and preserving the environment as well as tourism landscape. VTA (English edition I-2013-VEM)