(HBO) - The People’s Committee of Mai Chau district on March 28 held a seminar on the development of community-based tourism in the district in 2019.
According to a report
on Mai Chau district’s tourism, as of the end of 2018, the district had 139 tourist
accommodation establishments, including 10 hotels, 26 hostels and 103 community
hostels. The district has seven community-based tourism sites. Last year, it
served 332,000 tourists, earning 107.57 billion VND (4.64 million USD) in
revenue.
An overview of the workshop.
At the workshop, participants exchanged opinions on several difficulties the district is facing in developing community-based tourism. They also approved a set of regulations
on managing tourism activities in Mai Chau with four chapters and 27 articles.
A leader of Mai Chau
district’s People’s Committee asked for the early establishment of a tourism
management board in Chieng Chau and Na Phon communes and Mai Chau town, the
organisation of training courses for households doing homestay tourism, the
registration of operating electric cars, and standardization of electric car
driver licenses.
Attention should be
paid to building a roadmap for the use of electric cars, considering the
building of a welcome gate at Tong Dau T-junction and car parks, particularly
those for electric cars, and intensifying dissemination of the regulations on tourism
activities for tourism households.
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.
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