Hue City Seeks Great Days For Local Tourism

Recently, the former imperial city of Hue proposed plans to boost tourism in an attempt to revive the sector’s heydays.

- Hoa Ha

The city has been appraised as having the most tourism potential in the country, thanks to its UNESCO heritage titles, scenic landscapes and vast lagoon system.

Experts urged the city to utilize its potential, as Hue seems to lag behind other cities in Vietnam in tourism growth.

‘Hue has the maximum potential for tourism in the country, but this charming city has yet to become a top destination for visitors,’ said Vietnam Tourism Association chairman Nguyen Huu Tho.

Tho said dynamic management of the sector would soon result in a better tourism profile for the city.

GASTRONOMY MUSEUM

Nguyen Van Phuc, deputy director of the local tourism department, said the sector is targeting to make use of food varieties in the city to renew the sector.

Researchers said among the 3,000 varieties of food found in Vietnam, some 1,700 dishes are made in the city, but visitors have hardly seen a decent restaurant serving authentic Vietnamese food.

‘Procedure the building of a museum for Hue gastronomy is underway. We found it is a must to conserve the authenticity of local dishes as well as to serve the visitors better,’ said Phuc of the tourism department.

According to him, local sector is working with a big tourist operator from HCMC to build the museum and local authorities have reserved a wide plot of land at the centre of the city for the project.

Meanwhile, the department and the project investor are working with experts and researchers across the country to obtain documents recording the dishes’ authentic ingredients and recipes. Both grassroots and royal recipes will be available at the museum.

The proposed museum is expected to meet demands of dining, researching and taking part in the food-making process with instructions by local artisans.