The tourism sector of Ho Chi Minh City will develop traditional culinary culture into a special tourism product with a view to luring more tourists in 2017.
HCM City (VNA) – The tourism sector of Ho Chi Minh City will develop traditionalculinary culture into a special tourism product with a view to luring moretourists in 2017.
In fact, cuisine-based tourism has been developed recently by locals but itneeds a municipal-scale development.
Minh Cuc from District 11 has organised a culinary tour for a year, drawinginterest of numerous international and domestic visitors and travel agencies.
Tourists willvisit renowned sites across the city such as Chua Ong (Ong Pagoda), Chua Ba (BaPagoda), Cha Tam Church, Mieu Tho To Kim Hoan (Goldsmith Great GrandfatherTemple), and enjoy special local foods.
Minh Cuc said in2017, she plans to organise night tours and take tourists to cake- makingclasses.
Han Nguyen NguyenNha, a historian, said cuisine is an important factor to lure visitors andVietnam has potential to become the kitchen of the world with a myriad ofdelicious dishes in the three regions.
Chinese masterchef Martin Yan, who has visited Vietnam for many times, said Vietnamese foodis nearly perfect and the country needs to develop a plan to introduce its foodto the world via mass media.
According toexperts, to promote Vietnamese foods internationally, culinary tours should bedeveloped in tandem with traditional food making classes.
AssociateProfessor, Dr. Phan Thi Thu Hien from the University of Society and HumanityHCM City pointed out limitations in developing food-based tourism, particularlyfood safety./.
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