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Active Travel Asia & Caritas Switzerland Working Together in a Survey of a Responsible Tourism Project in Quan Ba, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

In cooperation with Caritas Switzerland in Vietnam, ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA (ATA) is going to survey Quan Ba, a little-known area 40km north of Ha Giang Town, for identifying the potential of eco tourism and community tourism development in the area. The survey trip happens in mid December.
The survey is beginning step of 3-year project named “Quan Ba District Integrated Community Development Project, Ha Giang province”. This project is implemented by Caritas Switzerland in Vietnam to set up sustainable livelihood for the poorest households and the poorest community with attention to indigenous knowledge, strengthening the culture which is facing a risk of oblivion, and obtaining sustainable maintenance of the environment resources.
In this project ATA plays the role of sustainable tourism development consultant and will be the key partner of Caritas through out the project. In a week the inspection team will scan the whole area, mapping all the potential routes for different activities like trekking, biking,… the team also check on the current condition of local homestay as well as the infrastructure of the whole area.
After the trip, ATA inspection team is going to report to Caritas existing natural and social condition of Quan Ba in developing eco-tourism and community tourism. The team also propose a plan to for sustainable tourism development in the area.
Ha Giang, VietnamHa Giang, Vietnam
Background of destination
Located at the highest latitude in Vietnam, Ha Giang Province shares a border with China in the north. Ha Giang’s complicated topography with a relatively high altitude from 1,000m to 1,600m, is made of rocky mountain, separated rivers, sloping mountain sides, high passes, valleys, and narrow springs. The climate is divided in two distinct seasons, rainy and dry. The annual average temperature varies between 24 and 28ºC. In winter, the temperature is sometimes down to -5ºC.
Quan Ba, Ha GiangQuan Ba, Ha Giang
QuanBa district in Ha Giang province is one of the poorest areas in Vietnam. About 85% of the people are ethnic minorities, mainly Mong, Dao, Nung, and some other smaller communities, such as Tay and Pu Y.
By ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA

Vietnamese Tour Companies Support Eco and Responsible Travel in Vietnam & Indochina

Eco and Responsible travel now are the way of traveling while respecting and benefiting local environment, cultures, practices and economy. It also highlights significant elements of how to improve standard of living for ethnic poor communities, educate local people to protect the environment, help in reducing carbon emission, and helping nature by planting trees, protecting endangered animals.

Besides that responsible tourism can also include efforts to help humanity by giving to the people in need, by volunteering time and knowledge, treat them or take care of their special needs.

Eco Travel in Vietnam

Eco Travel in Vietnam

A group of companies that have founded responsible travel club in Vietnam (www.rtcvietnam.org) and Indochina include ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA (www.activetravel.asia/responsible_travel/ ). They co-operated with NGO’s such as SNV (Netherlands Development Organization) and Caritas Switzerland and created their products which are included the activities that not only give travelers the chance to discover the destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, but show them who to improve local standard of living and protect the environment while their travels.

Ha Giang, Vietnam

 Ha Giang, Vietnam

Some of the ATA tours are, Ha Giang Tour or Adventure in Northern Vietnam: An Eco-experience. The former is a 14 days, 10 nights tour which combines sightseeing with visits to local communities and ethnic cultural villages. During this tour you will be using motorbikes en route. During the tour the travelers will stop at some villages and learn how NGOs are helping in preserving the Vietnam culture and heritage and how travelers can contribute towards it.

Travelers also get to explore the local culture as part of responsible travel through cultural ceremonies. ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA and Caritas expect to educate ethnic communities in Quang Ba, Ha Giang how to accommodate travelers and protect travel resources. Children in Ha Giang do not have the much resources to educate themselves and this helps in giving them some form assistance to get educated and also make you feel good about your contribution to these children.

The above is just one of the ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA Responsible Travel products. There are several others which are coming soon in 2011 include countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos .

Active Travel Asia Joins Cartitas Switzerland in Project Officer Pro-Poor Tourism in Ha Giang, Viet Nam

ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA takes part in the new Project Officer for the Pro-Poor Tourism ( PPT)  project named “Quan Ba District Integrated Community Development Project, Ha Giang province”.

Ha Giang, Viet NamHa Giang, Viet Nam

Caritas Switzerland in Vietnam, together with the local authorities, aims to develop an alternative source of income for the local people with tourism. It will assist the village(r)s through capacity building and awareness raising to become conscientious hosts and take actively part in this new livelihood opportunity.

A first sustainable tourism project has been implemented in 2004-2005, and then a new assessment and evaluation of the potential of a Pro-Poor Tourism strategy development in the area has been conducted in 2009-2010.

This project focus on improving the living quality in Quan Ba district , Ha Giang province, one of the poorest area in Vietnam.

Goals and objectives: “Setting up sustainable livelihood for the poorest households and the poorest community with attention to indigenous knowledge, strengthening the culture which is facing a risk of oblivion, and obtaining sustainable maintenance of the environment resources”.

• Increasing incomes
• Improving living quality
• Minimizing the insatiability of life
• Improving food security
• Maintaining sustainable usage of the natural resources

Expected starting time: December, 2010

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