Linked development of tourism products on Da River route

12/5/2018 - 2:49:32 PM

(HBO) - Da River has the length of hundreds of kilometers running through 4 provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Hoa Binh. This is a beautiful river, winding around the magnificent mountains, creating a giant majestic painting, that is considered as the great potential to develop the types of cultural tourism identities, ecological or spiritual tourism, creating the opportunities for visitor attractions. Along Da River route, many famous tourist spots have appeared, such as Le Thai To King Temple (Nam Nhun, Lai Chau districts), Nang Han Temple - Linh Son Thuy Tu Temple (Quynh Nhai, Son La districts), Thac Bo Temple (Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province), etc. The construction of tourist spots on Da River is identified by the provinces as the focus of tourism development in the provinces.

Kayak rowing to explore Da River brings an enjoyable experience for tourists.

Hoa Binh Lake in Hoa Binh province has a length of 70 kilometeres. There are 47 large and small islands in the reservoir area, including 11 limestone islands with an area of 116 hectares and 36 mountain islands with an area of nearly 160 hectares.

The Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Luu Huy Linh said: To implement the program of tourism linkage expansion in eight Northwest provinces, for many years, the province has developed and deployed the potential assessment plan, the status and linkage of building tours, tourist routes to exploit the tourism potential of Hoa Binh province. Beginning in late 2017, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the provinces has launched a survey program as planned from Lai Chau Hydropower to Son La Hydropower and ending in Hoa Binh Lake. In early November, 2018, the General Department of Tourism and other provinces together with more than 70 tour operators, press agencies surveyed tourism products at the tourism routes along Da River. The province is mobilizing resources for investment in infrastructure linking the construction of Hoa Binh Lake National Tourist Area; to attract investment, to carry out activities related to advertising, product introduction, connection to build products, designing tours and tourist routes, take domestic and international tourists to Hoa Binh Lake Resort.

Many tourist attractions on Hoa Binh Lake brings nice feeling for travel companies. The Deputy Director of Vietravel, Ms. Ta Thi Tu Uyen said: Every time to visit Da Bia hamlet, Tien Phong commune (Da Bac) brings her a feeling of relaxation. You can imagine that when waking up every morning, you can see the hamlet space on the watery blue lake, with the beautiful and poetic scenery, clean and fresh air with original villages, full of national identity, the friendly people. You can experience the local life, the production, which has brought a very good impression. However, in order to develop sustainable community - based tourism, it is necessary to well organize the planning so as not to break down the environmental landscape, especially to preserve the unique cultural elements of the Muong ethnic people, so that not only international tourists but also domestic visitors can come to experience the cultural and human values here.

Efforts to remove barriers help promote tourism development in Hoa Binh Lake area

Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.

Da Bac promotes tourism development

Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.

Building trademark for Hoa Binh Lake tourism site

Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.

Mai Chau district taps into cultural resources to develop tourism

Mai Chau is a mountainous district and home to many ethnic groups such as Thai, Muong, Kinh, Mong, Dao, and Tay with distinctive cultural identities, creating a diverse and unique cultural treasure. Aware of its advantages, the district has paid attention to the preservation and promotion of ethnic groups’ cultural values so that culture will become a leverage for tourism and contribute to socio-economic development and life quality improvement.