Attending the workshop were representatives of a number of international organizations; representatives of national parks and conservation areas; experts, tourism businesses and relevant departments, sectors and localities.
Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Van Ba Son - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that for tourism, biodiversity is very important because a healthy environment is a key factor for the competitiveness of the tourism industry.
"Coasts, mountains, rivers and forests are major attractions for tourists worldwide . Biodiversity lies at the heart of nature-based tourism products, such as wildlife watching, scuba diving or tourism in protected areas.
"Tourism connects people with nature and can promote responsibility for environmental conservation and protection if done sustainably. Biodiversity is an important resource for developing sustainable ecotourism," said Mr. Van Ba Son.
On the contrary, sustainable tourism activities contribute to preserving and conserving ecosystem service values, raising awareness of preservation, helping to protect human living environment, ensuring harmony in living environment for flora and fauna.
At the same time, sustainable tourism helps exploit resources scientifically, thereby providing socio-economic benefits and services to local communities, providing jobs, improving livelihoods and contributing to poverty reduction.
Delegates attending the workshop discussed key issues such as: Experience in creating sustainable livelihoods for people associated with tourism development; bottlenecks that need to be removed in tourism development based on biodiversity; the development of policies and plans to manage and develop sustainable ecotourism...
[VIDEO] - Some areas with potential to promote tourism associated with biodiversity conservation:
The workshop also raised many important proposals to create a foundation for developing tourism activities associated with biodiversity in Quang Nam province such as: Systematizing and digitizing biodiversity data of the province in general and each management board, zone, and point in particular so that units can easily access data; increasing the participation of travel businesses; prioritizing the development of specialized tours at some destinations with typical ecosystems; establishing a large-scale forest animal rescue and development center with the function of supporting tourism development in a reasonable area...
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