(HBO) - The People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has organized a conference to summarize the tourism festival work in 2019 and to implement the festivals and tourism in 2020.
Being a district with the favorable geographical location
and natural and social conditions for developing the eco-tourism and the scenic
tourism combined with the spiritual one, now there are 6 national ranking
relics and 11 provincial ranking ones in Lac Thuy. To promote the potentials
and the advantages of tourism, the People's Committee of the district has
directed the implementation of tourism management and other types of services
in the area in 2019. They have been propagating and mobilizing the people to preserve
the national cultural identity, the environmental sanitation and to ensure the
information security. They have been encouraging other organizations and
individuals to participate in the tourism business activities to create more
jobs and increase income for people and the State budget. The propaganda and
tourism promotion have been strengthened.
In particular, the cultural sights, the attractions, the
cultural history and the revolutionary historical sites, Tien Pagoda, the
Relics of money printing factory in Co Nghia commune have attracted a lot of
tourists, creating the highlight in the tourism activities. By the end of June
2019, the number of visitors coming to incense, visiting and sightseeing in
Tien Pagoda and the relics of the money printing factory is 335.000 turns of
people.
Regarding the direction and tasks of managing the festivals
- tourism in 2020, the People's Committee of the district has set out the
following goals: Promoting the tasks of information and propaganda about Lac
Thuy tourism; managing, exploiting and conserving the cultural identity values
at the relics sites; strengthening the inspection and the supervision of
worship at the monuments. It is necessary to ensure the security and safety at
motorbike and car parking stations, motorbike and taxi stations, electric
vehicle stations, preserving the environmental landscape and traffic safety.
The issues relating to the collection the donation money at the points of the
cave must be clearly solved.
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.