Tram Chim National Park a top destination in Dong Thap
Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap is a highlight in the local tourism map, according to Nguyen Ngoc Thuong, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Birds flock to Tram Chim National Park. (Photo: VNA)
Dong Thap (VNA) – Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinceof Dong Thap is a highlight in the local tourism map, according to Nguyen NgocThuong, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The park, flooded for half the year and dry for the other six months, spans morethan 7,300 hectares in Tam Nong district. It is inhabited by 231 species ofwater birds, including 16 rare birds such as the Burmese Sarus crane, greateradjutant, black-headed ibis, black-faced spoonbill and great-billed heron.
Vice director of the park Nguyen The Hanh said that Asian openbill storks haveflocked to the park and they are prioritised for preservation. The park has agood environment with appropriate water level for the development of flora andaquatic animals, Hanh added.
The World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam provided 2.6 billion VND (114,000 USD)for a project encouraging eco-tourism and sustainable use of natural resourcesin the park in 2017. The project aims to improve livelihoods for locals throughcommunity-based tourism.
The park will also store and exhibit eggs of birds from the Mekong Deltaregion.
Thepark is the fourth Ramsar site of Vietnam and the 2000th Ramsar siteof Wetlands of International Importance in the world.
It has become a tourism destination for both domestic and foreign visitors. Inthe first half of this year, the park welcomed more than 75,000 visitors, ayear-on-year surge of 26.03 percent and earned revenue exceeding 3.8 billionVND (167,000 USD), up 81.47 percent from the same time last year.-VNA
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will invest 90 billion VND (4 million USD) to develop sustainable ecological tourism in Tram Chim National Park in 2016-2020.
More than 2,000 Asian openbill storks, a rare bird species, have chosen Tram Chim National Park as their habitat, partly thanks to the improved environment in the sanctuary of Dong Thap province.
Site support groups (SSGs) have been set up in Vietnam by BirdLife International since 2002, proving effective in conserving important bird areas (IBAs) of the country.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is working to promote local tourism through three kinds of tourism, namely eco tourism, historical site tourism and community-based tourism.
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Birds flock to Tram Chim National Park. (Photo: VNA) 
