Online Travel Vietnam: Ancient village Phuoc Tich in Hue City must be preserved and its residents should live on heritage tourism, Japanese expert Hiromichi Tomoda from Showa University stressed at a meeting with locals and authorities Thursday.
Home to 24 valuable old houses with the oldest dating from 1850 and 1870 which are all surrounded by large gardens, the site, said Hiromichi, should be developed into a main tourist attraction of Hue, especially for the coming Hue festival in April 2012.
For 2 years, the professor has worked alongside 20 other Japanese researchers to study the village's history, architecture, lifestyle, cuisine, landscape and propose a sustainable developing plan for it through heritage tourism.
Although Phuoc Tinh became a tourist spot three years ago and received positive feedbacks, poor service, transportation, accommodation and even the villagers' lack of hospitality have not done it justice, complained many Hue-based travel agencies, adding that there has even been no promotional program from local authorities.
Now that the Japanese team has wrapped up their research, the project is arriving at a second phase where the experts will help villagers boost tourism by teaching them how to revive traditional crafts such as Phuoc Tinh pottery besides having more promotion activities and services, Hiromichi said.
Source: Tuoitre
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