VNAT to Open Trans-Central Highland Tour

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will soon open a tour linking five provinces in the Central Highlands or Tay Nguyen to attract a larger number of international and domestic tourists to the region.

 

To this end, VNAT is currently conducting surveys of the five provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong for the "Central Highlands Green Road" tour, which is designed for visitors seeking adventure in natural surroundings.

 

Visitors will start their trip from the central city of Danang along the Ho Chi Minh Route to Kon Tum province. During the trip, they will pass through a vast range of primeval forests north of the Central Highlands such as the Chu Mo Ray and Sa Thay and discover the traditional customs and culture of the local ethnic people. Travelers can also visit Kon Tum prison and old battlefields which are historical relics dating back to past revolutionary wars against French and American soldiers.

 

From Kon Tum, tourists can take a boat to visit the Yaly hydro-power plant in Gia Lai province with its famous tourist site called Bien Ho (Sea of Reservoirs). Visitors to the area will be entertained by the traditional gong festival of the M'nong ethnic minority people and enjoy their food.

 

In Lam Dong, vacationers will have a chance to experience natural surroundings while taking strolls in the Love Valley, walking up the Hai Mo pine-tree hill and the imposing Lang Biang mountain peak, and rambling around the Xuan Huong Lake. All of these are famous sightseeing spots in Dalat, a central highland city with a temperate climate and natural scenery full of flowers.

 

The Central Highlands is now home to around five million people with 1.4 million ethnic people from 36 ethnic minority groups such as Gia Rai, Ba Na, Gie Trieng, Se Dang, K'ho, Nhang, M Nong,Thai and Muong. However, as many as 52.2 per cent or 2.76 million regional residents are living under the poverty line according to the country’s current poverty criteria.