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Developing agricultural tourism tours
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, the city has developed tourism products linked to agriculture, such as high-tech agriculture, fruit picking and tasting in orchards, and buying fruit to take home, which are popular with many tourists. A notable example is the community-based tourism model in Thieng Lieng hamlet, Thanh An commune, Can Gio district. Visitors can experience novel agricultural tourism activities such as forest bathing, octopus racing, learning about salt production, or enjoying local specialties.
Tourists get to experience working in a salt-making village.
Similarly, Thu Duc City has recently seen a strong development of green agricultural tourism models with experiences such as visiting and picking fruit in American fig orchards. This is a unique tourism product that offers memorable experiences for visitors in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tourists participate in picking produce at the farms.
Accordingly, visitors can directly enter the orchards to tour, pick and eat the fruit themselves, or buy fruit directly from the orchards without having to travel long distances to the famous fig-growing regions of Italy, Spain, Australia, or the United States. To meet the needs of tourists, the organizers are continuing to expand the scale of cultivation of unique and exotic fruits for visitors to explore and learn about.
According to surveys, tourists visiting Ho Chi Minh City often prefer destinations near the outskirts for relaxation, and the suburban districts and counties of the city have strengths in agricultural tourism products. However, agricultural tourism destinations in the suburban areas of Ho Chi Minh City still have limitations, such as the existence of products but not enough to attract visitors, insufficient capacity to accommodate tourists at the destinations, and a lack of adequate living facilities.
Many tourists visiting Ho Chi Minh City tend to choose accommodation in the suburbs to easily experience agricultural tourism.
High-quality agricultural tourism products are sure to leave a positive impression on visitors, especially those seeking unique and diverse cultural experiences. According to tourism experts, agricultural tourism is a distinctive product and will be a new trend to attract tourists, contributing to the diversification of tourism products and building a brand for the area. However, Ho Chi Minh City also needs to be mindful of limiting the uncontrolled development of agricultural tourism, as this could lead to negative environmental consequences.
Agricultural tourism is predicted to be a booming trend in the future.
Ho Chi Minh City possesses abundant resources for developing agricultural tourism and recognizes it as one of the key components in promoting tourism in the city. In the long term, Ho Chi Minh City aims to develop agricultural tourism combined with community-based ecotourism to maximize its growth potential.
