Culinary tourism is a new trend of tourism in the world. Quang Ninh, a miniature Vietnam, is bestowed with advantages creating its own unique food culture.
In Ha Long, the biggest tourist center of the province, food and beverage services have been busy enough to bring large tourism revenue in the recent years. There are now 500 hotels and guest houses, 600 restaurants and food stalls in Ha Long, providing different seafood dishes in both European and Asian styles. Besides, Ha Long’s seafood is chosen as gifts for friends and relatives by near-and-far travelers after their trips.
Quang Yen Town has been known for its rural food which bears the stamp of sea culture. The town annually organizes food festivals, fairs and competitions, attracting both domestic and international tourists, especially on the occasion of Tourism Festivals, Lunar New Year…In order to develop tourism and build a culinary trade mark, Quang Yen Town introduced cuisine street named “Chanh River – Ngu Station” which features a restaurant chain serving its specialties, for example Tan An eggs, Quang Yen sour meatballs, Ha Nam “gio” cake, Hoang Tan honey, Lien Vi sea crabs, Quang Yen oysters…, with reasonable prices, satisfying everyone’s taste.
Co To’s cuisine attracts both domestic and international visitors by not only its strong sea taste but also its food culture. With the aim of building Co To into a tourist island, Co To District has paid special concern to building local trademark products, for instance squid, shrimp, mackerel, asohous fish, fish source…
Over the past years, Dong Trieu Town has undertaken a number of measures to preserve and promote the values of local cuisine while effectively exploiting tourist routes, tourist attractions, and tourism products. Accordingly, local authority has been focusing on traditional culinary brand and typical products representing for the locality, such as OCOP products. To date, the town has 21 OCOP products ranked 3-5 stars, including yellow flower glutinous rice, custard apples, litchee, sweet oranges, juicy pomelo…
Cuisine is considered a rapid and friendly approach to tourism development. Therefore, tourist establishments in Quang Ninh have been making the most of its strength of food culture to lure more tourists. All together have created a diversified and abundant culinary tourism in Quang Ninh, winning travelers’ hearts.
Translated by Quynh Trang
