(QNO) - Quang Nam is planning to set up areas specialising in medicinal herbs in order to provide the market with local typical medicinal herbs and to promote tourism development.
Development of areas specialising in medicinal herbs
Quang Nam mountainous areas are famous for a diversity of medicinal herbs, including 832 species, such as Ngoc Linh ginseng in Nam Tra My, Tra My cinnamon, morinda officinalis and codonopsis javanica in Tay Giang.
Currently, the province is making effort to preserve and develop the species of local medicinal herbs.
Thanks to the proper conservation policies, the areas of medicinal herbs are increasingly enlarged, contributing to the local poverty alleviation.
Besides planting indigenous species, the successful acclimatisation, especially of Ngoc Linh ginseng, to other places is one of the local considerable efforts so that medicinal herbs can help better the local income.
In addition, there have been a lot of solutions and suggestions for Ngoc Linh ginseng development, ensuring the quality of ginseng, protecting the national brand of Ngoc Linh ginseng.
Quang Nam is attempting to become a national centre for Ngoc Linh ginseng seedlings, calling for investment in Ngoc Linh ginseng production and processing.
Hopefully, there will be 50-100 products made of/from Ngoc Linh ginseng exported by 2030.
New way for medicinal herb areas
Nam Tra My district is considered the provincial capital of Ngoc Linh ginseng.
The preservation of Ngoc Linh ginseng associated with eco-tourism development is the potential motivation for the development of Ngoc Linh ginseng brand and for local socio-economic growth.
The monthly Ngoc Linh ginseng fair is an attractive tourism product.
Besides, Nam Tra My has built some others for tourism, including ginseng gardens.
Moreover, the district is home to a lot of natural landscapes, such as waterfalls, springs, primeval forests, that are all potential for tourism development.
In addition, Nam Tra My district focuses on the conservation of indigenous cultural values, recovery of folk games, infrastructure development, calling for investment in building tourist destinations and advertising local tourism.
The local government also pays attention to building virtual reality tourism products and smart tourism for the local tourism development, which is regarded as a new way for the district socio-economic growth.
