Workshop about conserving and promoting Ha Long Bay’s value

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(Cinet)- A workshop to seek ways to conserve and promote the value of Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage site was organized in Quang Ninh on November 1.

At the workshop, vice chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu Thi Thu Thuy said strategies and projects on the conservation have been carried out actively over 20 years since the bay gained the recognition in 1994. They have well preserved the bay’s special and unique values while making full use of its potential and advantages to develop tourism and services sectors, contributing to the locality’s economic growth.

However, President of the National Cultural Heritage Council Luu Tran Tieu noted that besides socio-economic benefits, tourism also causes negative impact on the environment, landscapes and ecosystem in the region. He emphasized the need for sustainable tourism management plans, including making tourist forecasts, studying tourism’s impacts on the site, and the site’s capacity for serving visitors. “Quang Ninh continues implementing the 2010-2020 fisheries development and protection master plan, which aims to relocate floating fishing villages in the bay and rearrange aquaculture farms”. Nguyen Viet Cuong from the Cultural Heritage Department suggested.

The province should implement education and communication works to attract more locals to take part in conservation work, and strengthen international co-operation in this field, he added.

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