MQL Sustainable Tourism Services

SIGNING CEREMONY OF MOU BETWEEN CECR AND MQL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SERVICES POSTED ON  15/09/2023  BY  CECR.VN On September 13, 2023, CECR Center for Environmental and Community Research held a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MQL Sustainable Tourism Services  on “Cooperation to raise awareness and strengthen capacity in projects on environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development”.       The signing ceremony was attended by Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ly – Founder/ Chairman  of CECR Board of Directors, D r . Nguyen Khac Hung – Director of CECR, Mr. Miquel Angel P. Martorell – Founder of MQL Sustainable Tourism Services. Through agreement on common activities, CECR and MQL Sustainable Tourism Services signed a cooperation agreement in the fields of environmental protection, climate change adaptation, sustainable development, and provision of consulting services ,  training in the above fields.     M...

Joining a panel of experts at the Asean Public Relations Network event during the International Tourism Exhibition held in Ho Chi Minh City was a pleasure and excellent experience. Learning from experts coming from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines among many other leaders Vietnam based was a positive way to expand knowledge and acquire better protocols. Topic selected for the speech was destination storytelling, positive vibes seeing any regular colleagues and linked connections attending to the talk. The shared discussion talk with all leaders brought positive outcome too.

  Take a look at our Vietnamese heroes without cape. While in Ho Chi Minh City there is no official recycling system, the city produces about 9,500 tonnes of domestic rubbish every day and there is little in the way of formal recycling. “Despite being the commercial capital of the country, there is no official urban waste recycling system in Ho Chi Minh City,” Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil, an expert in remote sensing, GIS and environmental research at the city’s Van Lang University, told Al Jazeera. “Instead, the local government depends on small companies for waste management in the city.” “[There are] a lot of hawkers, street food vendors, and they use a lot of these one-time-use products, like plastic bags [and] utensils,” he said. “There are not a lot of garbage bins around the city, so that’s why there’s a habit of people just throwing it as is convenient for them.” As usual, extra solutions to add even more value to our waste leaders: - Changing habits is key: articl...

Tourism service providers in Phu Quoc, Hon Son, and Nam Du, popular tourist attractions in Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam, have seen modest tour and hotel room bookings for the upcoming National Day (September 2) holiday, so they may experience a slump during the four-day holiday lasting from September 1 to 4. Ly Thua Loi, deputy general director of Golden Link Tourism Trade JSC based in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province, said on Thursday that the National Day holiday is around the corner but his company’s hotel room occupancy rate has reached some 60 percent, down 40 percent year on year. Hon Son and Nam Du islands in Kien Hai City, Kien Giang Province are ideal locations for diving and catching seafood. However, bookings for tours to the islands remain modest. Travelers on board a boat to visit Phu Quoc at night. Photo : Chi Cong / Tuoi Tre “In the middle of August last year, rooms were fully booked. Visitors preferred fishing and diving tours. “We s...

Hospitality sector in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) facing a labour shortage for several quarters. Main points onserved and not tackled: - Less attractive working conditions compared to other sectors - Education not matching market needs - Lack of professional training - Pandemic time no care made many workers left the sector to other industries - Better salaries in non hospitality locations A closer linkage between public sector, educational institutions and hospitality industry surely can approach solutions soon... https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1551318/hcm-city-struggles-with-labour-shortage-in-hotel-and-restaurant-sector.html

Tourism destinations do have several ratios and measures to describe visitors expenditure in their locations. Vietnam is perceived as a cheap destination for eating, drinking and travel path, even our MQL Sustainable Tourism Services comments were more focused on the reduced entertainment options offered to tourists in the country. Guides with full activities are nearly inexistent, a proper yearly schedule including festivals and provincial key events not available, even in Hanoi capital and huge Saigonese hub many activities not properly planned and marketed in advance, with a consequent lower attendance or impact for both residents and foreign visitors alike. Recommendations to authorities were repeated: ✅ A yearly event plan at national level, with all provinces sharing their hits ✅ Sharing a year in advance such plans to overseas agents & potential customers ✅ A proper private-public sector marketing plan ✅ A diversified option program (families, solo traveller, couples,…) avai...

Topics harming Phu Quoc island (southern Vietnam) clearly described in link below (Vietnamese). Authorities outcome: ✅ Kien Giang province authorities reporting overpriced Vietnam Airlines tickets ✅ Oversupply of hotel rooms in 4 & 5 star segment ✅ Land speculation continues after years ✅ Lack of sustainable solutions ✅ Unvaluable environmental destruction reported in several island corners Action and responsibility to be taken by both private and public sector, continue falling is same wrongdoings does not bring the island to good port. https://thanhnien-vn.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thanhnien.vn/cu-soc-du-lich-phu-quoc-185230519203826078.amp