VietNamNet Bridge – Many farmers in Hoi An have earned incomes of nearly VND100 million ($5,000) a year by providing buffaloes to serve tourists.
“Thanks to this service, my family earns an additional VND80 million ($4,000) per year. More and more tourists in Hoi An want to experience this tour, so at present five families in my ward breed buffaloes to serve tourism. Each family has 5-6 buffaloes on average,” Nhien says.
Mr. Pham Ho in Cam Thanh commune has three buffaloes for tourism. “This is the 3rd year my family has bred buffaloes to serve tourists. This profession earns an income that is 20 times higher than growing rice. During the summer, we serve up to five groups of tourists a day. We take them to the rice fields and to the Tra Que vegetable village to guide them in plowing, harrowing, sowing, harvesting rice and riding buffalo. On average, my family earns at least VND7 million ($350) [per month?] from buffaloes for tourism,” he says.
Sensing the interest of foreign travelers in learning the culture of Vietnamese wet rice, Mr. Tran Van Khoa, Director of the Khoa Tran Hoi An ECOTOUR Travel Company invested VND340 million ($12,000) in designing buffalo tours in Cam Thanh Commune in 2010. The company has encouraged local farmers to provide services for this tour.Currently Khoa’s company offers two buffalo tours a day, at 7.30am and 3pm.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
