Home-stay tourism in Vietnam aims to tap huge foreign potential
Home-stay services are becoming popular across Vietnam, with many people turning their houses into tourist dwellings to welcome foreign visitors. Tran Thanh Hung, 45, of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, has spent 800 million dong (Bt1.24 million) to upgrade and expand his house. Located in Sa Dec flower village, his home is likely to be attractive to foreign tourists looking for a home-stay experience, living alongside local people or biking around the flower village. After the upgrade, his house can accommodate more than 30 tourists. Local authorities have encouraged the development of this kind of tourism, and in fact gave him the chance to hire tourism consultancy companies.
