After the arrangement of administrative units, the economic, cultural and tourism space of Can Tho City is expanded. The waterway, road, sea transportation system, Can Tho International Airport, Tran De Seaport, and inland waterway ports... have created a great advantage, connecting Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
Thereby, creating favorable conditions for Can Tho to strive to make tourism a spearhead economic sector, aiming to become a tourism center and coordinate visitors for the entire Mekong Delta region.
With this goal, Can Tho City is focusing on exploiting and developing unique tourism products, such as river ecotourism, conference and seminar tourism (MICE), and cultural tourism - visiting historical - cultural relics.
Resorts and tourism businesses such as Cantho Eco Resort are making efforts to integrate cultural elements into their products and services.
Ms. Nguyen Kha Tran - representative of Cantho Eco Resort - said that the unit regularly organizes lottery shows, talent shows during holidays and Tet, along with farm tours to Phong Dien's specialty fruit garden, to help visitors better understand the culture and life of the Mekong Delta.
However, the overall picture of development potential faces barriers, when tourism human resources are still lacking and weak. This is not only a concern but also a "calculation" that most businesses in the area are trying to find solutions in the context of integration and competition.
Regarding the personnel team, Cantho Eco Resort prioritizes local people because they have a better regional cultural foundation. However, the unit still has to regularly organize in-depth professional training on culture so that staff can understand and convey information to tourists in the most effective way, Ms. Nguyen Kha Tran shared.
Meanwhile, to convey the core content and characteristics of tourism products to tourists, the author, Southern cultural researcher - Nham Hung emphasized the indispensable role of a team of professional tour guides.
When visiting Binh Thuy communal house or a Chinese pagoda, there must be a tour guide there to guide and explain the history and origin, to ensure accuracy for visitors. Similarly, when introducing art forms such as the male song of the actor, Can Tho dance or Aday singing, the tour guide must also clearly state the characteristics and unique features of this art form to convey to tourists. Only then will visitors feel, be passionate, learn and leave a deep impression, analyzed author Nham Hung.
To develop Can Tho tourism quickly and sustainably, striving to become a tourism center of the Mekong Delta by 2030, the Can Tho City tourism industry identifies improving the quality of human resources as one of the solutions that need to be implemented. Accordingly, it will increase the retention of human resources who have been trained in tourism from universities and colleges in the area. At the same time, improve the quality of tourism human resources, be good at vocational skills and fluent in foreign languages; innovate and diversify tourism training forms, meet practical needs in the new era.
