With a peak over 2600m and many peaks over 2000m high, Ngoc Linh mountain is located in the north of Kon Tum province, bordering Quang Nam province and is known as the "Roof of the Central Highlands" and is second only in height to the Hoang Lien Son mountain range of Vietnam. Vietnam. Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve not only has special value in biodiversity conservation, but is also determined to become an extremely unique and attractive destination in the direction of developing tourism into a key economic sector. sharp of the province.
 |
| Ngoc Linh Mountain |
From the potential to preserve biodiversity...
Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve (NR) has an area of more than 38,100 hectares; The core area belongs to 5 communes (Dak Man, Dak Choong, Muong Hoong, Ngoc Linh, Xop) of Dak Glei district and the buffer zone includes 8 communes of Dak Glei district, 3 communes of Tu Mo Rong district. Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, along with Song Thanh Nature Reserve and Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in Quang Nam, forms the largest continuous nature conservation area in Vietnam with about 150,000 hectares.
In the center of the Truong Son ecological region, Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve is one of the ecological regions that enjoys many global priorities for high biological diversity, and is a place to preserve biodiversity. conserve standard samples of forest ecosystems and genetic resources of forest organisms; "prime" place serving scientific research associated with economic development, culture, and environmental protection.
In 2012, the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve Biodiversity Survey was conducted thanks to the efforts of domestic specialized scientists and the sponsorship of the Forestry Development to Improve Life in the Central Highlands (FLITCH) project. ) Kon Tum province.
Accordingly, Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve is recorded to have 14 types of forest vegetation in 3 altitude belts (tropical, subtropical low mountains, subtropical medium mountains). Among them, the dominant subtropical low mountain vegetation is; stands out with subtropical closed forests, medium mountains at an altitude of 1,800m - 2,600m with a thick layer of rotten carpet. This is a special condition for some rare and endemic species of flora and fauna in Vietnam to grow, such as Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax Vietnamense) and Ngoc Linh babbler (Garrulax Ngoclinhensis).
Investigation results show that Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve is a convergence of 1,091 species of vascular plants belonging to 616 genera, 173 families of 6 plant phyla; Of which, there are up to 40 species in the Vietnam red list, 25 species in the world red list. The Mammal Fauna records 91 species belonging to 28 families, of which 24 species are in the Vietnam Red Book, 22 species are in the World Red List. The bird fauna includes 194 species belonging to 33 families of 11 orders; Of which, 10 species are recorded in the Vietnam Red Book (2007), 8 species are recorded in the world red list. Of the 65 species, belonging to 13 families, 2 orders belong to the Amphibian and Reptile Fauna; There are 10 species recorded in the Vietnam Red Book, 7 species are in the world red list in 2012.
Compared to the whole country, the number of species recorded in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve accounts for nearly 11%, the number of families accounts for 45%, the number of plant phyla accounts for more than 85%, the number of animal orders accounts for 73%. Compared to the number of endangered and rare species in Vietnam's red book, species recorded here account for 13%, the number of endangered and rare species in the world red book accounts for more than 3%, and the number of species according to the Government's regulations in Decree Number 32 (2006) accounts for nearly 24%.
To the prospect of tourism development in Ngoc Linh mountain area
In recent years, associated with promoting forest management and protection, Kon Tum province has focused resources to support production and life of ethnic minorities at the foot of Ngoc Linh mountain. However, to exploit and promote the potential and strengths of Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in socio-economic development, ensuring national security and sustainable poverty reduction, it is necessary to invest in programs and projects, Specific and feasible plan.
Orientation to develop tourism into a key economic sector of the province, in the Tourism Development Project of Kon Tum province to 2020 issued by the Provincial People's Committee at the end of 2016, one of the key tasks and solutions has been identified. The plan is to research and implement an infrastructure investment project and build the tourism product "Conquering Ngoc Linh mountain peak" associated with visiting the production facility and display place of Ngoc Linh Ginseng products.
Thoroughly grasping and implementing the Project, in 2017, initially, the Provincial Culture, Sports and Tourism sector focused on building and submitting to the Provincial People's Committee for approval a Community Tourism Development Plan in Tu Mo Rong district, Tu Mo Rong district. Dak Glei, Kon Tum province, associated with the tour "Conquering Ngoc Linh mountain peak".
One of the goals of community tourism development associated with the tour "Conquering Ngoc Linh Mountain" is determined: Building diverse and competitive tourism products on the basis of promoting unique tourism resources. Unique, bearing the unique identity of Kon Tum province and promoting the outstanding strengths of the natural landscape of Ngoc Linh mountain, historical relics that have been ranked at the provincial and national level, the advantage has been the formation of planted gardens. ginseng and medicinal plants... to bring positive effects to socio-economic development of Kon Tum province in general and 02 districts of Dak Glei and Tu Mo Rong in particular.
In addition, gradually build infrastructure to serve tourism, develop cultural tourism and eco-tourism with community participation associated with new rural construction. Especially focusing on attracting investment in sustainable tourism development in this area.
 |
| Terraced fields at the foot of Ngoc Linh mountain |
It can be said that the Community Tourism Development Plan in Tu Mo Rong district, Dak Glei district, Kon Tum province associated with the tour "Conquering Ngoc Linh mountain peak" is a promising start, creating a breakthrough. implement the Kon Tum province tourism development project until 2020. Community tourism at the foot of Ngoc Linh mountain is waiting for investors inside and outside the province, inviting everyone's attention./.