Headache for tourists who just watch the flowers and … littering

In recent days, Ta Ma stream in Binh Dinh province has become an attractive destination, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to see the blooming forest flowers. However, this is also the time when the authorities and local people have a headache with tourists littering indiscriminately.
About 7 km from the center of Vinh Thanh mountainous district of Binh Binh Dinh province, Ha Ri village in Canh Hiep commune is peaceful and poetic with mainly Ba Na people living.

The blooming forest flowers along the Ta Ma stream attracted many tourists to visit Recently, hundreds of ancient forest sites that naturally grow beside Ta Ma stream more than 1 km long flowing through Ha Ri village suddenly bloom with bunches of yellow, orange and red flowers covering the canopy, creating a frame. beautiful scene. Thanks to that, the peaceful village has become unusually bustling when there are thousands to tens of thousands of tourists every day flocking to see the flowers of the forest. Many groups of tourists come to Ta Ma stream to visit, organize meals and litter indiscriminately In order to ensure the environmental sanitation for this emerging tourist destination, the local government has put up many warning signs with the contents: “No littering”, “Say no to littering indiscriminately”, “Do not throw garbage public places “… along Ta Ma stream. However, after each day when tourists leave, the Ta Ma stream area is littered with domestic waste, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, food containers, beer cans, soft drink cans … Not only organizing food, many groups of tourists also group the kitchen and grill food, making Ta Ma stream area potentially more at risk of forest fire. Not only that, many groups of tourists also group the kitchen, grill food near the trees of the forest and other ancient trees. Fire from the grill has burned many stems, flowers and leaves, seriously affecting the environmental landscape around the Ta Ma stream and potentially many forest fires. Mr. Nguyen Hong Quang, Chairman of Vinh Hiep Commune People’s Committee, said that the current number of tourists visiting Ta Ma stream is too crowded, with the peak on weekends up to tens of thousands of people. Therefore, the local government has encountered many difficulties in maintaining security and order, protecting the natural environment. The people and youth union members of Vinh Hiep commune often have to clean up garbage caused by tourists indiscriminately “In order to keep the environment and clean water sources for Ta Ma stream, we have mobilized the force of youth union officials and union members in the commune to regularly clean up the environment, and at the same time propagate to tourists to improve. awareness of keeping the general hygiene, protecting the landscape At the same time, encouraging tourists not to light fires, limiting bringing fresh food to the stream area However, due to too many tourists, many people lack Consciousness makes it difficult to completely eliminate the above problems “- Mr. Quang said. The following are pictures of youth union members and people of Vinh Hiep commune “fighting themselves” to collect rubbish at Ta Ma stream tourist site, due to many tourists visiting indiscriminately: