04:10, 24/10/2019

Messages for green tourism

In response to the movement against plastic waste, many hotels and resorts use environmentally-friendly materials instead of plastic bags and plastic items. In particular, some businesses have made decorative objects from waste materials with messages to call for environmental protection.

In response to the movement against plastic waste, many hotels and resorts use environmentally-friendly materials instead of plastic bags and plastic items. In particular, some businesses have made decorative objects from waste materials with messages to call for environmental protection.
 
Champa Island Nha Trang Resort Hotel & Spa has just made a flower garden by plastic waste. This work is created by the hotel’s union members. The garden has 50 plants with 150 colorful flowers. Many visitors passing by the plastic waste garden take photos with it. Nguyen Viet Nhat Thao, the hotel’s marketing agent, said that to it took about 1 month to finish the flower garden with plastic bottles. The group collected plastic bottles, cleaned them, then painted them, attached them to flowers ...
 

 

Flowers made by used plastic bottle in Champa Island Nha Trang
Flowers made by used plastic bottle in Champa Island Nha Trang
 
During the days of the National Food Festival 2019 at Ana Marina (in Vinh Hoa Ward, Nha Trang), many tourists were very interested in the model of fish made of recycled materials. Plastic bottle caps are attached to the fish body to create colorful fins. Representative of Ana Marina Nha Trang Joint Stock Company said that the company is always aware of environmental protection in tourism activities. In the coming time, the company will research and make more decorative works with garbage to contribute to propaganda for environmental protection.
 
Earlier, since 2014, Long Phu Tourist Joint Stock Company has pioneered the use of waste materials to build a waste park in Hon Lao tourist site (Monkey Island) to propagate the environment. On an area of about 5,000m2, the company’s staff used beer cans, broken CDs, plastic bags, plastic bottles, car tires to form Spratly sovereignty milestones, fans, pine forests, animals like snakes, horses ...
 
The highlight of this place is the work themed rage of the sea, depicting the high waves that seem to engulf the globe. In particular, the globe is made of broken CDs, while the waves are made of bottles and plastic. There is also a house made of beautifully decorated waste materials. On Orchid Island, Long Phu Tourist Joint Stock Company has also built a very nice park with toys such as swings, cars, motorcycles, dolls ... made of old tires. 
 

 

A corner of waste park on Monkey Island
A corner of waste park on Monkey Island
 
According to Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, in recent years, tourism businesses in the province have become more and more aware in protecting the environment. In response to the launch of plastic waste prevention and control, many hotels and resorts have used eco-friendly materials instead of plastic bags and plastic items. Especially, some businesses have used waste materials such as plastic bottles, tires ... to make decorative objects as messages to call for environmental protection. "We hope that with these activities, the awareness of environmental protection in tourism activities will be increasingly enhanced, contributing towards the sustainable development of tourism in Khanh Hoa," she said.
 
Xuan Thanh
 
Translated by T.T