The garden is listed in the district’s tourism promotion programmes to encourage travel agencies to launch more tours (Source: vietnamnet.vn) The 15,000sq.m garden, located in Thot Notdistrict’s Thuan An Ward, is home to 150,000 storks of various types.
Nguyen Ngoc Thuyen or “Bay Co”, thegarden’s owner, said the garden was initially 3,600sq.m with most of the landused for rice crops.
In 1983, a flock of small storks flew to BayCo’s garden to seek food. As another 10,000 storks with different sizes joinedthe flock the following year, Bay Co decided to buy more land, plant moretrees, and build walls to protect from theft.
Now that Bay Co’s garden has attracted morelocal and international tourists, especially during holiday periods, it isimportant to offer quality and professional tourism services, Tran Huynh Anh,an official of Thot Not district, said.
Can Tho City aims to upgrade the area’sinfrastructure and build bigger roads that would allow cars, while preservingthe garden’s green vibe, she said.
Several stations will be set up to letvisitors have the best view and take photos of the storks while not disturbingtheir natural habitat, she added.
The garden is listed in the district’stourism promotion programmes to encourage travel agencies to launch more tours.
Bay Co said that he had learned more aboutdeveloping ecotourism at the Bang Lang stork garden.
He has attended several courses on tourismand has visited similar gardens in neighbouring provinces to exchange ideas,among other activities.
With a 1 billion VND (44,400 USD) loan fromauthorities, he plans to expand the garden to attract more storks, launch ahomestay service, and offer interesting experiences to tourists like rescuinginjured and baby storks in the area.-VNA
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