Hoa Binh City arouses the potential for tourism development

1/8/2019 - 5:01:53 PM

(HBO) -Hoa Binh City attracts a lot of tourists by the new cultural and entertainment destinations and services imprinting the city by the Red River although it is not a city of tourists.

The relics where Uncle Ho paid a visit to Hoa Binh Socialist Labor Youth School

In recent years, Hoa Binh City tourism has changed dramatically. There have been 8 recognized historical and cultural relics in Hoa Binh. They include 2 nationally recognized historical monuments, 6 provincially-recognized historical relics.

Along with attracting investment, the city has paid attention to investing in the construction of tourism infrastructure in the past 3 years (2015-2018). At the same time, the city also creates the conditions for investors to exploit the potential of building tourist sites and spots, develop various types of service tourism, make and develop specific products to attract tourists market. There are 120 accommodation establishments, including 14 one-star to three-star hotels and 106 guesthouses with a total of 1,502 rooms in the city. In the past year, Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh freeway was in use contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province and the city, including tourism development.

The city has also had the construction plan to build tourist routes and spots in the city and inter-regions including the tourist route of Hoa Binh hydropower plant - Hoa Binh lake, Thac Bo temple - Thac Bo cave; Hoa Binh reservoir - ethnic cultural villages in Thai Thinh commune; Hoa Binh City - Muong Cultural Space Museum, visiting and discovering famous monuments of Tien Phi cave, learning about the history of Hoa Binh Prison – the relics where Uncle Ho paid a visit to Hoa Binh Socialist Labor Youth School. At the same time, the city has promoted advertising activities, promoting tourism and mobilizing resources for conservation, repair and restoration of historical relics that are in danger of degradation, meeting the spiritual needs of people.

With the close guidance and positive moves to develop tourism, Hoa Binh City has attracted domestic and foreign tourists to visit and relax there. In 2015, there were 600,000 tourists visiting Hoa Binh with the total revenue of 88.9 billion VND, then in 2018, the city expects 710,300 visitors paying a visit Hoa Binh with the total estimated revenue of 196 billion VND.

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.