(HBO) - Da Bac district is 15 km away from Hoa Binh city with abundant natural tourist resources such as: Phu Canh Nature Reserve Area, Ta Khop Waterfall, Than Cave, Lao Stream, Mua Cave, Sung Cave, Bieu Mountain, Lo Lan Cave, Hien Luong Bay, etc. Da Bac has hamlets of Ke, Da Bia, Sung, Mo Hem, Nhap, Ranh, etc. preserving unique cultural identities of ethnic minorities of Muong, Dao, Tay, etc. Those are the favorable conditions for tourism development, especially the development of community-based tourism.
Da Bac district community tourism has been
formed and developed in the last 4 years. It was started with the help of AFAP
Vietnam Organization (from July 2014). This project is in the part of AFAP's
long-term poverty reduction program in Hoa Binh. It was supported with the
finance as well as technical consultations in the process of project
implementation such as housing improvement consultancy, organizing training
courses to improve tourism profession for some households implementing
community tourism in Ke village, Hien Luong commune; Da Bia village, Tien Phong
commune and Son village, Cao Son commune. The project then was consulted to set
up Da Bac Tourist Community joint Stock Company with the objective of helping
to transform and improve the quality of community tourism services in Da Bac to
develop professionally and more effectively, focusing on promoting, connecting
with the customer market; branding tourism service products of Da Bac people
and developing community tourism in a sustainable way, etc.
The Russian Embassy is watching performances
at the community tourism site of Ke village, Hien Luong commune (Da Bac).
In addition, The State allocated for Da Bac
district community tourism a part of the investment in infrastructure,
promotion, tourism training and support and the provision of some tourist
equipment for homestay business people at some community tourism attractions.
Up to now, the district has 9 homestays doing business to welcome tourists. In
the first 6 months of 2018, Da Bac district community tourism has welcomed over
2,000 international visitors.
With a diverse culture with the identities of the Muong, Tay, Dao, and Thai ethnic groups and wild, majestic landscapes, Da Bac highland district is developing diverse tourism, associated with preserving and promoting traditional culture.
With the diverse cultural identities of the Muong, Tay, Dao, and Thai ethnic groups and endowed with natural beauty, the mountainous district of Da Bac has been gradually developing tourism in association with preserving and promoting traditional cultural values.
F. Martine from France and many other tourists from around the world have shown their excitement when joining Thai ethnic people of Mai Chau district in the traditional "sap” and "keng loong” dances.
In the early days of spring, accommodation businesses and tourist sites in Hoa Binh province have welcomed a large number of visitors, with many of them remaining open throughout the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Binh Thanh commune in Cao Phong district of Hoa Binh province has been taking advantage of local cultural identity and diverse natural landscapes to boost its tourism development.
The smart tourism software of Hoa Binh province forms part of the package of smart urban solutions, which optimises information and communications technologies to form a tourism ecosystem and offer benefits to tourists, authorities and businesses. It has facilitated the building of a high-quality tourism industry, contributing to local sustainable economic development.