Greening tourist areas

Not only exploiting available resources, large tourist areas in Quang Ninh, along with investment in infrastructure, are increasingly focusing on creating landscapes, including tree systems. green, flowers, contributing to create more attractive points for tourists…
Associated with conservation

Ha Long Bay can be considered a special tourist area of ​​Quang Ninh, with a population of more than 1,900 large and small rocky islands. This is also a place with high biodiversity with many plant species typical for the limestone mountains, with all colors, creating a vibrant beauty for the rocky mountains of this heritage – this scenic spot. Cottonwood is a precious plant with beautiful flowers and fruits that is bred and planted in many tourist spots on Ha Long Bay. Photo provided by Ha Long Bay Management Board Over the past time, in addition to the usual landscape flowers, the Ha Long Bay Management Board has gradually researched, propagated, planted and preserved a number of typical, beautiful and valuable plants. science of Ha Long Bay, in order to introduce to visitors, so that visitors can approach more closely, such as magnolia tree, yellow lotus orchid, Ha Long palm tree… Specifically, cottonwood tree – endemic plant species of Vietnam, distributed only in very few limestone areas in the country, including Ha Long Bay, is also a plant species on the IUCN Red List. 2007), so far has been propagated and planted with the largest number, up to more than a thousand plants. This plant has a rustic name but has beautiful flowers and fruits with seeds encased in a perianth, forming beautiful dark pink or red flower balls. In the midst of the immense waves and rocks of Ha Long, in the season, the flowers form in patches on the mountains, but it is still difficult for visitors to see clearly. Therefore, the breeding points of cottonwood trees are selected and invested by the unit to both ensure that it is suitable for the living conditions of the tree and can introduce visitors to a beautiful plant species of Ha Long Bay in the near future. The process of visiting heritage sites, such as the foothills of Nui Luong island, Hang So island in Ba Hang area, Thien Cung area, Dau Go area, Vung Ong island, Van Boi island, Ti top island, Sung Sot cave, Me cave Cung, Tien Ong cave, Co cave area, Vong Vieng, Bai Dong… In many places, cottonwood is planted on a large area, such as at Nui Luot island with 800m2. In addition, the golden lotus orchid, which possesses unique beauty, is also one of the valuable plant species of precious genetic resources in Ha Long Bay. Therefore, over the years, the Ha Long Bay Management Board has made a map, zoning and conserving the spot where this orchid species is distributed on the islands of Ha Long Bay. In the future, the unit also anticipates many solutions to preserve and promote the value of this orchid in association with tourist attractions on the Bay, such as in the area of ​​​​Cong Dam fishing village, the dock on the way down of Sung Sot cave, where there are natural vegetation with beautiful shapes and flowers available in these areas… Ba Vang Pagoda has an airy and lively space with many different types of trees and flowers. Create attractive, lively tourist areas If Ha Long is more inclined to use precious plants and flowers right on Ha Long Bay to make scenes and introduce to tourists, many tourist resorts enrich their campus with plants of their own. many regions. On the occasion of the last spring, visitors to the relic area – Cua Ong temple tourist area must be touched by the beauty of more than 70 cherry blossom trees, more than forty Northwestern banyan trees blooming all over the aisles. , the large campus of the project. In the process of planning to expand investment and embellish Cua Ong Temple in recent years, the system of perennial trees in the campus is also focused on protecting and preserving, not only creating shade but also increasing the beauty of the park. submit. Followed by the planting of large and small rose gardens here. Through local statistics, the campus of Cua Ong temple currently has 20 longan, camphor, 9,300 rose trees… In fact, in recent years, many businesses and units have increasingly focused on elaborate investment in the system of landscape trees when building works associated with tourism development. Most tourist attractions often choose plants with brilliant blooms and beautiful shapes to create attractiveness for the work or choose from beautiful trees, typical of the locality. As in Vung Duc tourist area (Cam Pha), businesses have invested hundreds of bougainvillea trees, golden Osaka trees and forest ladders, porcelain flowers and clusters of bamboo and bamboo… In Ba Vang Pagoda (Uong Bi) , Cai Bau Pagoda – Truc Lam Giac Tam Zen Monastery (Van Don) has a very large campus, along with the available natural tree system, it is also planted with many types of perennial trees and plants for beautiful flowers and incense. smells like peach, rose… Yen Duc tourist area is true to the criteria of a country tourist area that has invested in planting real “ornamental” plants, from tall and elegant areca trees to purple water lily ponds, water potatoes, etc. young shoots… Design according to own theme Arhat pine garden is planted right behind Khai Tam Yen Tu gate, mainly in a straight posture, without a fussy pose. Investments in the system of trees and landscapes with ideas and themes include SunGroup’s Yoko Onsen Cam Pha hot mineral bath, Truc Lam Yen Tu Cultural Center of Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company. At Yoko Onsen, arhat conifer is a typical tree brought from Japan by an enterprise in order to create typical Japanese gardens with traditional roofs, small bridges, shallow streams, etc. In the small villas, the natural space is always planted with a small Arhat pine tree near the outdoor swimming pool… As for the complex of Truc Lam Cultural Center at the foot of Yen Tu Mountain, the system of landscape trees has been invested by businesses for many years, especially concentrated investment with the largest amount from 2018 onwards. . Mr. Le Trong Thanh, Deputy General Director of Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company, shared: More than 700 years ago, the cycads were planted by Zen groups in Yen Tu, forming beautiful and meaningful populations of ancient cycads. The current. Now, the Bodhi path leading to Buddha’s land from Doc Do to the foot of Yen Tu mountain has been realized as a symbol of the path to liberation and enlightenment and is expected to be extended to Ngoa Van, where Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong entered nirvana. More than 9,000 rose trees have been planted to create a landscape at Cua Ong temple relic so far. Many perennial trees such as longan, camphor… are preserved, creating a beautiful landscape for the Cua Ong temple relic site (Cam Pha). In the space at the foot of Yen Tu mountain, the unit has planted thousands of trees of dozens of themed types, close to Vietnamese life and hidden meaning to Yen Tu. In particular, the population of trees with meanings associated with Buddhism can be mentioned such as: Bodhi tree, Arhat pine, pine needle, bamboo, Dai, banyan, fig tree, poppy tree… Tung Arhat here is planted in zones, behind the gate of Initiation are 108 trees, representing 108 afflictions in human life mentioned in Buddhist teachings, with the implication of dissolving, dissolving the inconvenience for visitors. Yen Tu is associated with Truc Lam Zen sect, so the enterprise also invests in planting bamboo rows and clusters by the lake, along the road to Truc Lam palace, interspersed between houses in Nuong village … both creating an elegant and medium landscape. meaningful to Yen Tu. Mr. Thanh said that the village of Nuong means the place to live at the foot of the mountain of the ancient beauties who followed King Tran Nhan Tong to Yen Tu. Therefore, the diversity of the tree system in Yen Tu is like reminiscent of their old countryside, which is also very close to the lives of Vietnamese people. In which, large trees for shade can include persimmon, Sala, crocodile, white milkweed, camphor, and sesame buds. The population of fruit trees includes jackfruit, grapefruit, persimmon, star fruit, peach, apricot. Trees for flowers and incense have jade orchids, rhododendrons, canary flowers, phoenixes, bougainvillea, rice flowers… Besides, there are thousands of m2 planted with background plants, such as string of pearls, yellow peanuts, hydrangeas, etc. Indigenous plants that are grown a lot in the tourist area at the foot of Yen Tu mountain can also be mentioned. Yen Tu yellow apricot trees, azaleas, myrtle…, have been propagated and planted in quite large numbers by the unit. Rhododendron is one of the indigenous plants planted by breeding enterprises in Yen Tu. The idea and topic of planting trees in the tourist area at the foot of Yen Tu were consulted by the unit in many places, from consulting cultural and historical experts, landscape experts and the advice of experts. The architect of the project is Mr. Bill Bensley. Accordingly, the unified view is not to plant trees that are pruned too sophisticatedly, but towards trees bearing the Vietnamese soul, fruit trees, incense and flowers like home garden plants, close to Vietnamese life. Enterprises want to borrow trees to express Yen Tu’s zen spirit, simply and more naturally. Even the Arhat pine tree is not pruned to create a sophisticated posture, but mainly a straight shape, with the hope that the tree will grow up to create shade later. In order to have a population of green trees and fruits in four seasons like today, the company has invested a lot of effort and annual care costs, up to tens of billions of dong so far, creating more attractive highlights for customers. tourists when returning to Yen Tu sacred mountain.