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Tay Ninh tourism has not promoted its own unique identity yet

This is one of the paradoxes that Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Them, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City emphasized at the scientific conference Identifying cultural identities and family traditions in Tay Ninh province held on April 28, in Tay Ninh city.

Diversifying resources for Tay Ninh tourism to develop

In the scientific report, Prof. More analyzed, in terms of geographical location resources, Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc are two provinces of the South with a bridge position between the South Central Highlands and the Southern Delta. Tay Ninh is the bridge between Ho Chi Minh City and the capital Phnom Penh (Cambodia).

Scientific conference on identifying cultural identity and family tradition in Tay Ninh province was held on April 28, in Tay Ninh city.  Photo: Nguyen Vy

Scientific conference on identifying cultural identity and family tradition in Tay Ninh province was held on April 28, in Tay Ninh city. Photo: Nguyen Vy

Regarding natural resources, Tay Ninh and An Giang are two provinces of the South with high mountains. In which Tay Ninh is the province with the highest mountain (986m high Ba Den mountain), known as the roof of the South.

Tay Ninh does not have as many hydrological strengths as the southwestern provinces. But among the Southeast provinces, only Tay Ninh with 2 rivers Saigon and Vam Co Dong.

These two rivers and Dau Tieng artificial lake form a river-lake ecosystem, and the watershed forest, with the landscape of the buffer zone, creates a high biodiversity. This diversity is well preserved in Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park.

With both high mountains and plains and river landscapes, Tay Ninh has a high diversity of natural resources, said Prof.

In terms of human resources, Tay Ninh has 4 main ethnic groups of the Southwest region: Viet, Khmer, Cham and Hoa. In addition, Tay Ninh has its own ethnic minorities in the Southeast such as Xtieng, Ta Mun.

Performance of chhay dam drum dance, a typical cultural feature of the Khmer community in Tay Ninh.  Photo: Nguyen Vy

Performance of chhay dam drum dance, a typical cultural feature of the Khmer community in Tay Ninh. Photo: Nguyen Vy

Regarding economic resources, Tay Ninh has all kinds of economies and economic sectors

Regarding cultural resources, Tay Ninh is the intersection and integration of many cultural flows over time – from ancient to modern (Binh Thanh tower, Chot Mat tower, Cao Dai religion); By space (from India, Cambodia, China, the West) and by subject (Vietnamese, Khmer, Cham, indigenous Funan).

Regarding tourism resources, Tay Ninh is a province with extremely rich tourism potential, from cultural – historical tourism, festival – spiritual tourism to eco-tourism and adventure tourism.

In a nutshell, Tay Ninh’s most unique identity lies in its rich diversity of resources. “All the basic values ​​found in the South can be found in Tay Ninh. Tay Ninh can be considered a miniature of the South,” Prof. Add emphasis.

Tay Ninh tourism paradox

According to Prof. More, the rich diversity that is not easy to obtain in terms of identity can lead to two extremes:

On the one hand, if well selected and promoted, identity can become a source of strength for development.

In the opposite case, not being able to recognize identity, not knowing how to choose and promote it, it can cause the dispersion of resources, reducing power.

Ba Den mountain tourist area - the focus of Tay Ninh tourism.  Photo: TL

Ba Den mountain tourist area – the focus of Tay Ninh tourism. Photo: TL

The reality of Tay Ninh tourism for a long time has fallen into the second extreme. That is, Tay Ninh tourism mainly exploits a very small part of pilgrimage tourism to the Nui Ba Festival, with the basic limitation being the nature of tourism. season.

The remaining diverse resources are strongly dispersed, contributing insignificantly.

If Ba Den Mountain Tourist Area accounts for nearly 91% of the annual number of visitors, the total number of visitors of the remaining 4 main tourist areas and attractions accounts for just over 9%.

Good nature reserve in Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park.  Photo: TL

A corner of a good nature reserve in Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park, Tay Ninh. Photo: TL

From this situation, Prof. In addition, the limitations of Tay Ninh tourism today are reflected in two basic paradoxes.

While Tay Ninh’s identity is a rich diversity of resources, Ba Den mountain tourist area – the focus of Tay Ninh tourism has not fully exploited its inherent strengths.

Ba Den mountain tourist area has only borrowed the name of the mountain, along with the legends of Ba Den to exploit the strength of the high altitude of Ba Mountain. Since then, this tourist area has attracted tourists by setting various records and promoting Vietnamese Buddhism.

Even Ba Den mountain tourist area promotes Da Lat – Central Highlands when raising the slogan to consider this place as a Da Lat of the Southeast.

Scientific conference on identifying cultural identity and family tradition in Tay Ninh province was held on April 28, in Tay Ninh city.  Photo: Nguyen Vy

Scientific seminar on identifying cultural identity and family tradition in Tay Ninh province was held on April 28, in Tay Ninh city. Photo: Nguyen Vy

“Meanwhile, the focus of Tay Ninh tourism has not yet promoted the very unique identity of Tay Ninh homeland in particular and the South in general,” Prof. Add comments.

Tay Ninh tourism industry strives to become a spearhead economic sector by 2030.

However, another paradox is that Tay Ninh tourism has not fully exploited the strengths of other invaluable values ​​such as historical sites of the southern revolution, Cao Dai Holy See, ecological resources…

Therefore, GS. Further, it is suggested that Tay Ninh province urgently develop a strategy to accelerate Tay Ninh tourism development.

“This strategy must be consistent on the basis of an overall system vision, allowing to solve the two basic paradoxes mentioned above”, Prof. Tran Ngoc More suggested.

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