Create momentum for eco-tourism and stimulate demand for agricultural products

​The Fruit Honor Week does not only include consuming fruit products during these festive days, but also has many meanings for the province's agriculture and tourism industry in the long run.

Mr. Vo Van Phi, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee speaks at the opening ceremony of Fruit Honor Week and Southwest Urban Agriculture Market in 2022

Promote the high-quality agricultural products

Speaking at the opening ceremony of Fruit Honor Week and Southwest Urban Agricultural Market in 2022, Mr. Vo Van Phi, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also emphasized that this is an important event, because in addition to The promotion and introduction of typical fruit products of Dong Nai is also an opportunity for people to have the opportunity to exchange, seek opportunities for association in production, consumption of agricultural products and development of ecotourism.

Dong Nai's fruits are building their brands well thanks to the focus on quality improvement. Up to now, the province has nearly 1,700 hectares of fruit orchards certified with Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and equivalent, 131 products with trademarks, 108 planting area codes issued with an area of ​​over 23,200 hectares of crops of all kinds such as: mango, rambutan, banana, jackfruit, dragon fruit, etc. and 46 codes of packers eligible for export to markets of Australia, New Zealand, USA, and EU.

According to Mr. Cao Tien Sy, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dong Nai is famous for many delicious fruit specialties in both output and quality. Therefore, the organization of Fruit Honor Week is very meaningful, this is also honoring farmers and production enterprises. This organization also contributes to increasing services and adding value of labor associated with organic farming to protect the health of consumers. The brand of fruits and agricultural products of Dong Nai must be associated with the quality and safety of responsible agriculture.

A variety of high-quality fruit promoted at the Fruit Honor Week

Laying the foundation for the development of garden tourism (eco-tourism)

According to the statistics of the Organizing Committee, in just 3 days of the last week of honoring the fruit, there were over 13,000 visitors to the garden eco-tourism models in the communes of Binh Loc, Xuan Lap, Bao Quang, and Bao Vinh of Long Khanh City. According to leaders of Long Khanh City, the locality has the strength to develop garden eco-tourism. Currently, more than 100 households are linking to exploit garden tourism. Every year on the occasion of summer fruit, gardeners in the city welcome millions of visitors. Therefore, in order to fully exploit the strengths of rural tourism, localities in the city are making efforts to mobilize and coordinate with farmers to build beautiful models of garden houses, serving food and entertainment when customers have demands.

Customers choose fruit at a stall at the Fruit Honor Week

Mr. Tang Quoc Lap, Vice Chairman of Long Khanh City People's Committee said, Long Khanh City is proud to be the first unit of the province to organize and maintain the annual fruit festival. Each festival has attracted millions of visitors to and back to Long Khanh, because of the good impressions of a fertilizing land, friendly and hospitable people. Since the fruit festival, this location become a destination for people as well as tourists inside and outside the province, it has created a highlight for Long Khanh City to promote the local tourism in particular and Dong Nai province in general.

What Mr. Lap said is completely true according to the current trend of garden tourism. In Long Khanh City, many tourists inside and outside the province have come to some places such as Suoi Tre to enjoy the fresh air here with hundreds of years old trees, old villa buildings built in the French period. This place is also known as "Da Lat City of the Southeast of Vietnam".

People visit to buy fruits at the Fruit Honor Week

In the summer, many tourists from all over the world come to Binh Loc Commune to enter the gardens to enjoy fruits. This is one of four communes of Long Khanh City that have been developing eco-tourism in the garden. This year, the whole commune has 14 eco-tourism sites. In recent days, the number of visitors coming to these tourist sites is quite crowded.

Mr. Thai Van Dong, owner of a durian garden in Binh Loc Commune shared about how to grow the organic fruits: Because durian trees, especially imported varieties, are very susceptible to diseases, so they must be cared for according to the Vietgap process. It is known that Mr. Dong's durian garden is grown 100% of durian of Moong thon and R6, it is expected that this year's durian season his family will harvest about 20 tons.

Also in Binh Loc Commune, the rambutan garden of Mr. Nguyen Duy Khanh's family – Cay Da Hamlet with an area of ​​2ha, his family grows 3 types of rambutan, namely longan rambutan, Thai rambutan and Java rambutan. QR codes are performed during the planting. This is the "commitment" to ensure safety for consumers.

According to the statistics of the Organizing Committee of the Fruit Honor Week and Southwest Urban Agricultural Market in 2022, the output of fruits and agricultural products displayed, introduced and consumed is estimated at more than 60 tons, of which, Long Khanh City accounts for more than 40 tons.

Quoc Khanh