Ba'o VN: Guidebook cho du kha'ch

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Guidebook cho du kha'ch

Kha'nh Ngo.c

Go.i la` "qua'n sa'ch cu~", la.i na(`m sa^u trong mo^.t to`a nha` lo+'n
thuo^.c trung ta^m TP. Ho^` Chi' Minh, song cho+' coi thu+o+`ng, o+? dda^y
ba.n hoa`n toa`n co' the^? ti`m tha^'y nhu+~ng cuo^'n sa'ch xua^'t ba?n na(m
1997. Chu? qua'n luo^n ca^.p nha^.t nhu+~ng cuo^'n sa'ch mo+'i nha^'t tu+`
nguo^`n "ba-lo^" du kha'ch. Mo^.t la^`n theo co^ ba.n Vie^.t kie^`u Na-Uy ddi
mua sa'ch, to^i mo+'i ti`nh co+` bie^'t dde^'n ddi.a chi? na`y. Sa'ch ba'o
o+? dda^y dda pha^`n ddu+o+.c xua^'t ba?n o+? nu+o+'c ngoa`i, dda(.c bie^.t
la` nhu+~ng cuo^'n Guidebook (sa'ch hu+o+'ng da^~n cho kha'ch nu+o+'c ngoa`i)
vie^'t ve^` Vie^.t Nam. La^.t xem va`i cuo^'n, to^i tha^.t su+. nga.c nhie^n
ve^` mu+'c ddo^. am hie^?u cu?a nhu+~ng ta'c gia? nu+o+'c ngoa`i khi vie^'t
ve^` Vie^.t Nam. Ddo' la` nhu+~ng cuo^'n sa'ch gio+'i thie^.u ra^'t chi
tie^'t ve^` nhu+~ng tha('ng ca?nh no^?i tie^'ng tu+` Nam chi' Ba('c cu?a
nu+o+'c ta, nhu+~ng ddi.a chi? ne^n dde^'n o+? nhu+~ng tha`nh pho^' du
li.ch... Co^ ba.n Vie^.t kie^`u ba?o co^ la`m doanh nghie^.p du li.ch o+?
Na-Uy ne^n ra^'t ca^`n nhu+~ng Guidebook nhu+ the^' dde^? gio+'i thie^.u
Vie^.t Nam vo+'i nhu+~ng vi. kha'ch cu?a co^, the^' nhu+ng pha?i dde^'n
nhu+~ng qua'n sa'ch cu~ nhu+ the^' na`y mo+'i ti`m ddu+o+.c nhu+~ng cuo^'n
sa'ch u+ng y'. To^i la.i the^m mo^.t la^`n nga.c nhie^n nu+~a khi co^ ba.n
ho?i mua tu+.a sa'ch Le guide du routard (NXB Hachette, ta'c gia? Philippe
Gloaguen), chu? qua'n ba?o: "Co^ muo^'n la^'y ba?n chi'nh hay ba?n pho-to?
Ba?n chi'nh gia' 198.000 dd, ba?n pho-to gia' chi? 90.000 dd tho^i!". Co^
ba.n to^i co`n ddang nga? gia' thi` mo^.t vi. kha'ch Ta^y bu+o+'c va`o, lu.c
ra mo^.t cho^`ng 4 - 5 cuo^'n sa'ch co`n mo+'i tinh tu+` dda'y chie^'c ba-lo^
bu.i ba(.m. Ba` chu? qua'n gia?i thi'ch: "O^ng kha'ch na`y sa('p ve^`
nu+o+'c, muo^'n ba'n bo+'t ddo^'ng Guidebook cho nhe. bo+'t ha`nh ly'". 

Anh ba.n Steve Hands - mo^.t kha'ch du li.ch tu+` Anh quo^'c - thi` la.i cho
bie^'t kho^ng ti`m mua Guidebook xua^'t ba?n ta.i Vie^.t Nam, vi` sa'ch
vie^'t ve^` dda^'t nu+o+'c na`y xua^'t ba?n o+? Anh kho^ng i't. Ddie^`u na`y
kho^ng co' gi` dda'ng nga.c nhie^n khi mo^.t la^`n la`m vie^.c vo+'i gia'm
ddo^'c mo^.t co^ng ty chuye^n xua^'t - nha^.p kha^?u sa'ch ba'o ngoa.i va(n,
to^i dda~ tu+`ng nghe o^ng than phie^`n: "Sa'ch ba'o ngoa.i va(n cu?a ta
xua^'t ba?n co`n qua' ta?n ma'c, chu+a phu.c vu. ddu+o+.c ba.n ddo.c nu+o+'c
ngoa`i. O^ng cho ra(`ng ca'c loa.i sa'ch ba'n ddu+o+.c la` nhu+~ng cuo^'n
gio+'i thie^.u ve^` du li.ch, va(n ho'a truye^`n tho^'ng Vie^.t Nam; the^'
nhu+ng ma?ng sa'ch na`y hie^.n co`n ra^'t thie^'u. Chu? ye^'u sa'ch ngoa.i
va(n cu?a ta la` ve^` chi'nh tri., guidebook chi? chu+`ng va`i chu.c dda^`u
sa'ch, cha^'t lu+o+.ng in a^'n chu+a cao ne^n kho' tie^u thu. o+? nu+o+'c
ngoa`i. 

Ma?ng sa'ch gio+'i thie^.u ve^` Vie^.t Nam kho^ng chi? da`nh rie^ng cho du
kha'ch dde^'n Vie^.t Nam ma` co`n nha(`m gio+'i thie^.u ro^.ng ra~i vo+'i
ba.n ddo.c tre^n the^' gio+'i hie^?u bie^'t ho+n ve^` Vie^.t Nam. Ro~ ra`ng,
co`n co' mo^.t khoa?ng tro^'ng kho^ng nho? tre^n thi. tru+o+`ng sa'ch ngoa.i
va(n do Vie^.t Nam xua^'t ba?n, dda(.c bie^.t la` Guidebook. Bao gio+` sa'ch
ngoa.i va(n Vie^.t Nam mo+'i thu+.c su+. dda'p u+'ng nhu ca^`u cu?a du kha'ch
va` ba.n ddo.c ca'c nu+o+'c? Ddo' kho^ng chi? la` ca^u ho?i cu?a rie^ng
nga`nh du li.ch hoa(.c nha` xua^'t ba?n sa'ch na`o. 

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