Garden houses attract visitors

BAC GIANG - It is the main lychee harvest season, in Luc Ngan district and Chu town, the red color is everywhere from the hills to the roads and neighborhoods. This is also the time when tourists from many places come to the gardens to experience, explore the local culture and nature and enjoy the sweet lychees.

This year, the lychee growing area of Luc Ngan district and Chu town reached more than 17,500 hectares. With the goal of "bringing the market to the garden" and "bringing tourists home", travel agencies, cooperatives and gardeners have connected to build tours and routes, actively organizing many groups of tourists to visit and experience the space of the ripe fruit season.

Tourists from many different provinces and cities took photos at the lychee garden in Nam Duong commune (Chu town).

Giap Son Agricultural Production and Ecotourism Cooperative in Chao village, Giap Son commune (Luc Ngan) has more than 45 hectares of lychee that meet export standards. For many years, this has been an interesting place for domestic and international tourists to visit and explore. With investment in facilities, this year, the Cooperative has cooperated with Phuc Lam Trading and Service Company Limited (Hanoi) to organize a lychee season tour.

Ms. Truong Thi Bay, Director of Giap Son Agricultural and Eco- Tourism Production Cooperative said: “We have repaired the resting hut, the reception and dining area, the path to the garden and decorated it with flowers and ornamental plants around… Up to now, dozens of groups of visitors from inside and outside the province have come to experience, use the services and directly buy products in the garden. At the same time, we have enthusiastically worked as on-site tour guides, contributing to increasing income as well as the value of lychee.”

Since the beginning of the lychee harvest season, the Garden Viet Community Tourism Cooperative in Thanh Hai Ward (Chu Town) has connected and organized more than 10 domestic tourist groups to visit lychee and grape gardens in the area. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Uyen, Deputy Director of the Cooperative, the experience tours are organized according to the community model, with flexible costs ranging from 150,000 to 350,000 VND/person depending on the service, route and destination. Recently, a group of more than 40 tourists from Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and Hanoi had a day of experience in the lychee garden in Nam Duong Commune.

Mr. Nguyen Van Kiem, a tourist from Quang Ninh province, said: “We just organized a university reunion combined with exploring the ripe lychee season in Chu town. Here, the class group was warmly and thoughtfully welcomed by the host. Everyone enjoyed learning about the production process, picking ripe lychees for free, taking souvenir photos, and when leaving, buying lychees as gifts for relatives.”

According to Ms. Phung Thi Lan, Director of Tru Huu Tourism Trade Cooperative (Chu town), in addition to domestic tourist groups, the Cooperative has just welcomed 45 guests from Japan. To ensure thoughtfulness, the travel agency had previously sent people to survey the garden house, dining locations and service bookings.

Luc Ngan, Chu town is rich in historical and cultural traditions and beautiful natural scenery. Localities have planned a number of points for developing garden tourism, arranging beautiful destinations, convenient for visitors' journeys in the communes and wards: Giap Son, Ho Dap, Tan Son, Tan Moc, Tan Quang (Luc Ngan); Hong Giang, Thanh Hai, Quy Son, Nam Duong (Chu town)... Coming to the lychee gardens in Thanh Hai ward and Quy Son commune (Chu town), visitors can use lunch services, camping tents, fishing, kayaking, experience making cakes of ethnic people... During the season, there is also the experience of picking lychees with the guidance of local people.

This year, localities have innovated and created many creative ways to organize communication events, creating a widespread effect and attracting the attention of many people and tourists. Luc Ngan district has a lychee tourism program "Quintessence of Vietnamese fruits"; Chu town organizes an agricultural tourism program "Chu litchi season" with the tour "A day as a farmer". In addition to improved facilities for receiving guests, the initiative and positivity of cooperatives in promoting and connecting with travel companies to organize tours, routes, and pick up and drop off guests, the number of visitors to the lychee season is expected to increase sharply.

Article and photos: Tien Dat

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