(HBO) – Hoa Binh province welcomed some 90,000 visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, including some 4,500 foreign arrivals.
Total
revenue from tourism services is reckoned at around 36 billion VND, or a 62-
percent jump from the same time in 2018.
Visitors ask for calligraphy created by scholars at Heritist Park, Hoa Binh
province.
This year, tourists flocked to many spiritual cultural destinations like Bo
Temple, Tien Pagoda, Bong Lai Temple, and Khanh Pagoda. Meanwhile, Heritist
Park and community-based tourism in Mai Chau, Da Bac and Lac Son districts were
also the star attractions.
The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism directed competent
authorities to join hands with localities to make meticulous preparation for
local festivals, ensure food safety and hygiene as well as provide good quality
tourism services./.
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.
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.
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 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.