(HBO)- In Da Bia village, Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, a ceremony was held to announce that Da Bia village has received the ASEAN Community Tourism Award. The representatives of AOP Vietnam attended the ceremony.
Being authorized from the Minister of Culture
– Sports and Tourism, the Vice Chairman of Da Bac People's Committee awarded
the ASEAN Community Tourism Award to households who are doing community tourism
in Da Bia village, Tien Phong commune (Da Bac).
Da Bia Community Tourist Resort is one of
three resorts of the whole country that won the ASEAN Community Tourism Award
in 2018. The award is presented at the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in 2019. Xom
Da Bia is a community village of Muong ethnic people.
The cultural space and natural landscapes are
still original there. Da Bia, a beautiful and poetic natural landscape, is
located close to the lake of Hoa Binh hydropower plant. Discovering Da Bia,
tourists will experience rowing, rafting fishing and learning the culture and
people. Currently, Da Bia village has 5 households doing community tourism.
Since 2014, Da Bia hamlet has welcomed 183 delegations, attracting 2,110
domestic and international visitors. In 2018, revenue from tourism of Da Bia
village is about 1 billion VND.
ASEAN Community Tourism Awards have affirmed
that the quality and professionalism of Da Bia community tourism has met ASEAN
standards. This is an opportunity for Da Bia to promote and introduce the
cultural and human characteristics and the unique tourism activities to domestic
and international travelers.
Delegates in the Announcement Ceremony of Da
Bia community tourism receiving the ASEAN Community Tourism Award are
participating in boat racing games.
The performance team of Da Bia hamlet, Tien
Phong commune (Da Bac) welcomes Da Bia community tourism when receiving the
ASEAN Community Tourism Award.
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.