(HBO) – Statistics show Mai Chau district welcomed 247,857 tourists in the first nine months of 2018.
Of the figure, there were 166,015 domestic and 81,842 foreign
holidaymakers, equivalent to 75.1 percent of the target assigned by the
provincial authorities. Total revenue of tourism in the period hit more than 80
billion VND (3.45 million USD). Thus, Mai Chau is the locality with the highest
number of foreign arrivals of the province, accounting for 40 percent of the
province’s total.
With cultural diversity and the
pristine beauty of natural landscape, Mai Chau has become an attractive
destination for domestic and foreign visitors.
To meet travelling and vacationing demand of visitors, Mai Chau
continues to ensure efficient management of accommodation facilities and
tourist destinations in the district.
The district currently has 146 accommodation establishments,
including seven hotels, 22 hostels, and 117 communal guesthouses. Furthermore,
there are seven community-based tourism facilities.
In the remaining months of 2018, Mai Chau district will increase tourism
promotion activities and develop locally-unique tourism products while improving
quality of current products and services.
It also works to add more types of tourism and enhance capacity of
tourism workers and infrastructure, along with reviewing activities of local
tourist destinations for better services.
In addition, tourism businesses will launch various promotional
policies to draw more visitors during major holidays. Especially, the district
will continue its programme to bolster tourism during low season./.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Hoa Binh province continues to implement the expanded tourism development cooperation program plan of 8 Northwest provinces with Ho Chi Minh City; deploying digital transformation content in tourism and developing a smart tourism province. Hoa Binh province received about 3.6 million views, an increase of 7.9% over the same period. In which, international visitors are about 380 visitors, domestic visitors are estimated at 3 million 220 visitors.
Spanning thousands of hectares and winding gracefully along mountain slopes, hillsides, and riverbanks, the terraced rice fields of Lac Son District present a stunning and captivating beauty. This region, renowned for its remarkable terraced landscapes, is also the centre of Hoa Binh Culture known for numerous archaeological sites.
The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.
The man-made Hoa Binh Lake, with a water surface area of approximately 9,000 hectares and a capacity of 9.45 billion cubic meters, stretches over 200 kilometers from Hoa Binh to Son La provinces. With the goal of developing into a national tourism area, the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to not only become the largest tourism centre in the province but also one of the 12 key tourist destinations in the northern midland and mountainous region of Vietnam.
Da Bia hamlet, now Duc Phong, in Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, was once almost isolated from the outside as the only way to the hamlet was to get a boat ride across the Hoa Binh reservoir. However, as its tourism potential has been unleashed, the hamlet has established itself as one of the most attractive destinations on the tourism map. It has even received the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Awards in 2019.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province welcomed over 684 thousand visitors to visit and relax. In which, over 516 thousand domestic visitors and more than 168 thousand international visitors. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 821 billion VND.