Can Tho has many places with potential for ecotourism development such as: Cai Khe islet, Khuong island, Au island, Son island, Tan Loc island, Bang Lang stork garden, Thoi Nhut 昀氀ower v
The position and role of Vietnam tourist attractions
A tourist destination route is a system of tourist attractions connected to form di昀昀erent tourist areas and tourist routes Tourist destination routes can be a route consisting of tourist destinations in the same province or city, with di昀昀erent provinces or cities, or even with foreign tourist destinations Tourist destination routes are built based on the common characteristics of each region Our country's tourist destinations are divided into 7 tourist regions from North to South such as the Northern Midlands and mountains, the Red River Delta and Coast, North Central, South Central Coast, Central Highlands, and Southeast and the southwest Tourist destinations are a very important factor in exploiting and developing tourism in our country Therefore, the course Vietnam Tourist Destinations is very necessary for tourism students The course “Vietnam Tourist Attractions Route” helps students understand more about the tourist regions in Vietnam, the characteristics of each region, the tourism products of each region, transportation infrastructure, accommodation facilities, cuisine, culture, and people of each region Through this subject, students can have a general grasp of the conditions, situation, and development potential of Vietnamese tourism.
Can Tho city overview
Can Tho is a centrally run city, located in the center of the Mekong Delta Originally known as Tay Do - the capital of the Southwest region, Can Tho has now become a grade I city directly under the Central Government and is one of the four provinces in the key economic region of Vietnam The idyllic beauty of the Mekong Delta has attracted a large number of tourists here Can Tho city is 170 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City Can Tho city is divided into 9 administrative units, including 5 districts, 4 districts with a total of 85 towns, communes and wards, including 5 towns, 44 wards and 36 communes Regarding tourism resources, natural tourism, with a system of rivers and canals, fruit garden populations, bustling 昀氀oating markets on the river (Cai Rang 昀氀oating market, Phong Dien 昀氀oating market) symbolizes a living area sweet alluvial land, a unique ecological region Mekong Delta region, typical of the West in general and Can Tho in particular Can Tho city has many historical relics and famous cultural works such as Uncle Ho's Monument, City Museum, Binh Thuy communal house, Ninh Kieu wharf The infrastructure of Can Tho city has developed With a location right in the center of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is a gathering place for raw materials to process, transship, buy and sell goods and provide commercial services to regions and provinces throughout the country business and trade activities with countries around the world Can Tho city develop tourism based on the potential and advantages of the river delta Agricultural production in Can Tho city continues to develop in the direction of focusing on specialized farming,crop rotation appropriate to each locality, applying science
RESEARCH RESULTS
Research tasks
The main research tasks of the report include:
(1) Studying knowledge about routes and tourist attractions of Can Tho province in the Southwest tourist region
(2) Studying prominent tourist routes of Can Tho province in the Southwest tourist region
ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
Overview of tourist routes, tourist attractions
- Tourist routes means an itinerary which links various tourist resorts, tourist spots and tourist service-providing establishments associated with land, rail, waterway and air transport routes.
- Tourist destination: to de昀椀ne a Tourist Attraction is not simple Here are 3 de昀椀nitions:
A physical or cultural feature of a particular place that individual travellers or tourists perceive as capable of meeting one or more of their speci昀椀c leisure-related needs. Such features may be ambient in nature (eg climate, culture, vegetation or scenery), or they may be speci昀椀c to a location, such as a theatre performance, a museum or a waterfall.
(Dictionary of Travel & Tourism Hospitality Terms/Robert Harris & Joy Howent, Melbourne, Hospitality Press, 1996)
Positive or favourable attributes of an area for a given activity or set of activities as desired by a given customer or market, including climate, scenery, activities, culture. (a) Man made attractions are physical structures (Sydney Harbour bridge) or events (Olympics).
(b) Natural attractions are physical phenomena deemed unusual and /or beautiful (Bungle Bungles).
(c) Secondary attractions have tourist appeal, but are not the primary reason for visiting a location.
(d) A negative attraction is an attribute of an area that tends to make some customer or market choose not to visit as for example pollution or no activities.
(The Dictionary of Hospitality, Travel and Tourism/Chates J. Mereka, 3rd ed, Delany, New York, 1990)
A place with tourism resources that are used to serve tourist
3.1.2 Classi昀椀cation of tourist routes, tourist attractions
+ International tourist routes - Domestic tourist routes (by area)
+ Short-term travel routes - Long-term travel routes (by time)
+ Cultural tourist routes – Natural tourist routes (by resources)
+ Scenic Tourist Routes (By Destination Characteristics)
Based on tourism resources, the purpose of tourists' trips and service facilities, we can divide tourist attractions into 2 categories: resource points and functional points, speci昀椀cally as follows.
+ Resource point is a tourist spot with resources such as natural landscapes, natural elements, historical-cultural relics, human creative works and other human values with the purpose of visitors to visit and learn.
+ Functional points are tourist attractions in which tourist attractions are special types of terrain, religious buildings,clubs or resorts, national parks, with diverse purposes:Research, healing, sports, adventure,
Tourism potential and status of Can Tho province
exploitation and development in Can Tho province
3.2.1.1 Tourism potential of Can Tho province
Can Tho City is located in the lower reaches of the Mekong River and in the center of the Mekong Delta, 169 km from Ho Chi Minh City, more than 150 km from Ca Mau City, and from Rach City The price is nearly 120 km, about 80 km from the sea along the south road of Hau River (National Highway 91C).
Can Tho is stretching over 60 km along the west bank of Hau River It borders An Giang province to the north, Dong Thap province and Vinh Long province to the east, Kien Giang province to the west, Hau Giang province to the south The area of the inner city is 53 km² Can Tho city has a total natural area of 1,409.0 km², accounting for 3.49% of the total area According to the General Statistics O昀케ce of Vietnam, the population of Cần Thơ city in 2021 was around 1.25 million people, with a population density of 866 people/km². Can Tho is a city with a high population density (858 people/km) compared to other provinces in the country, standing 12/63 and 3 times higher than the national population density (290 people/km²) times the population density of the Mekong Delta (423 people/km²) Can Tho is the fourth largest city in the country, and also the largest and most modern city in the lower Mekong region.
Can Tho is located entirely on the alluvial origin of theMekong River and is regularly deposited through the alluvial water of the Hau River The geology in the city is formed mainly through the deposition of marine and alluvial sediments of the Mekong River, on the surface at a depth of
50 meters, there are two types of sediments, Holocene and Pleistocene.
The terrain is generally relatively 昀氀at, suitable for agricultural and 昀椀shery production, with an average height of about 1-2 meters sloping from the plains along the Hau River, and the Can Tho River gradually lowers towards the inland 昀椀eld ie from northeast to southwest Can Tho is located in a semi-open 昀氀oodplain, with a descending direction from the northeast to the southwest, including 3 types of terrain: natural dykes along the Hau River (forming a high strip of land and islets along the Hau River); semi-open 昀氀oodplain (belonging to the Long Xuyen Quadrangle, directly a昀昀ected by annual 昀氀oods); delta (mainly in昀氀uenced by tides along with some interaction e昀昀ects of late-season 昀氀oods) Besides, the city also has dunes and islets on Hau river such as Con Au, Con Khuong, Con Son, and Tan Lap islet.
Can Tho city is located in the climate zone of the Mekong Delta with common characteristics such as high and stable temperature, small temperature range of day and night; The climate is divided into two contrasting seasons: the rainy season and the dry season Rainy season from May to October, dry season from November to April next year The average temperature in the year is 27oC, the average rainfall is 1,500 - 1,800 mm/year, the total number of sunny hours in the year is 2,300 - 2,500 hours, the average humidity is 83%.Wind has 2 main directions: Northeast (dry season) and
Southwest (rainy season), with an average wind speed of 1.8 m/s rain The region's climate conditions allow tourism activities to take place year-round.
Despite being in昀氀uenced by tropical monsoon climate, Can Tho has advantages in temperature background, heat radiation regime, high sunshine regime and is stable in two seasons 4 of the year These advantages are very favorable for the development of a tropical agricultural system with high productivity, with many varieties of crops and livestock, creating diversity in production and economic restructuring. However, the rainy season is often accompanied by 昀氀oods a昀昀ecting many areas of the city; The dry season is often accompanied by a lack of water for irrigation, causing di昀케culties for production and daily life, especially in areas a昀昀ected by salinity and alum, which increases the seasonality as well as the uneven demand for water between seasons of agricultural production
Can Tho is located in the alluvial land of the Mekong River, with the typical terrain of the delta The city has a fairly thick system of rivers, canals and canals, in which the Hau River is the largest river with a total length of 65 km 昀氀owing through the city, the section through Can Tho, the river is about 1.6 km wide total alluvium of Hau river is 35 million m 3 /year TheCan Tho River originates in the inland area west of the HauRiver, has a length of about 16 km, a width of 280 - 350 m,passes through O Mon, Phong Dien, Cai Rang and Ninh Kieu districts and empties out Hau river at Ninh Kieu wharf TheCan Tho River has fresh water all year round, both for irrigation in the dry season and for drainage in the 昀氀ood season, and has great signi昀椀cance for tra昀케c Cai Lon river is
20 km long, estuary width is 600 - 700 m, depth is 10 - 12 m, so it has very good drainage and drainage capacity.
Besides, Can Tho has more than 158 rivers and canals, large and small, which are tributaries of 2 large rivers, Hau River and Can Tho River, which pass through the city and form a waterway network Other major rivers and canals are Binh Thuy, Tra Noc, O Mon, Thot Not, Tham Ron and many other large canals in suburban districts of Thot Not, Vinh Thanh, Co Do and Phong Dien, providing fresh water throughout rainy and dry seasons, creating favorable conditions for irrigation and land reclamation for agricultural activities.
In general, Can Tho city has an average level of biodiversity Can Tho has no natural forest resources, the tree cover rate in the city area accounts for about 16.19% of the area The most remarkable is the typical ecosystem including agricultural ecosystems and natural submerged ecosystems such as dunes and islets (Khuong island, Son island, Tan Loc island, Au island, Cai Khe island)
Can Tho currently has Phu Sa eco-tourism area, which is a昀氀oating dune on the Hau River, in Cai Rang district The tourist area covers an area of 30 hectares, the ecosystem includes more than 15 hectares of cork forest with many species of wild animals and plants Besides, some other ecological zones such as Bang Lang stork garden in Thot Not district has an area of 22.5 ha with more than 300,000 individuals of all kinds of storks; Tan Loc islet has fertile soil thanks to alluvium brought by 昀氀ood water, the typical habitat on the island is the family garden, along the two sides of the island are water hyacinth, cork, plum gardens, etc mango, in the river and a third of the dune head area has been utilized for the development of 昀椀sh rafts and industrial 昀椀sh farming. Agro-ecosystems: few livestock animals, mainly bu昀昀aloes, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks , aquaculture activities include about 120 species of 昀椀sh with nearly 50 species of economic value These species often account for high yield and quality, in which many species are important local aquaculture species such as pangasius, climbing 昀椀sh, cat昀椀sh… In addition, there are about 60 species of plants grown as food and medicinal herbs, with wet rice being the dominant food crop, the main fruit varieties are longan, oranges, rambutans, pomelos, strawberries, mangosteens
The main river system has a total length of over 453 km and an interlaced network of canals dominated by two main water sources with rather complicated 昀氀ows, namely the Hau River and the Cai Lon River The main canals: Cai San, Thot Not, O Mon, Xa No, horizontal and vertical canals spread throughout the area have the e昀昀ect of tra昀케c, water supply for irrigation and production activities Groundwater in Can Tho has a reserve of about 1,375 thousand m3 Groundwater that meets sanitary standards is located at a depth of 80 - 150 m.
In the 昀氀ood season (July - October of the lunar calendar), CanTho city is a昀昀ected by two main 昀氀ood 昀氀ows, namely the 昀氀ood from the Hau River and the 昀氀ood from the Long Xuyen Quadrangle.
With a system of interlaced rivers and canals, fruit orchards, busy 昀氀oating markets on the river (Cai Rang 昀氀oating market, Phong Dien 昀氀oating market) representing the sweet alluvial eco-region, a pepper eco-region representative of the Mekong Delta, City Can Tho has many places with potential for ecotourism development such as: Cai Khe islet, Khuong island, Au island, Son island, Tan Loc island, Bang Lang stork garden, Thoi Nhut 昀氀ower village
In the city area Can Tho has many historical sites and famous cultural works such as Uncle Ho monument, City museum, Military Zone 9 museum, Binh Thuy communal house, Ninh Kieu wharf, Nam Nha Duong pagoda
The tangible cultural heritage of Can Tho city includes many relics, scenic spots, ancient architecture and archives of historical and cultural value According to statistics of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, up to now, the whole city has 36 ranked relics (14 national monuments and