(HBO) – The Hoa Binh People’s Committee joined hands with the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to hold a launch ceremony for the province’s tourism portal on November 18.
Leaders
of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee, VNPT, the provincial Department of
Information and Communications and Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
pushed the button to launch the smart tourism system of Hoa Binh province.
The provincial smart tourism portal at https://hoabinhtourism.vn
is expected to enhance the link between local authorities, people, tourists and
businesses. It will help authorities supervise, manage and interact with
tourism operators.
In addition, it will assist travel agencies
to bolster connection while potential visitors of the province could study the
locality’s unique characteristics.
One outstanding feature of the province’s
smart tourism portal is that tourists can easily look for information on the
province’s tourism like a handbook just by clicking on the website on a
computer or smart phone.
Thanks to the combination of a digital
tourist map and information on location, tourists can take the initiate to plan
their trip, and look for basic tourist information, current and upcoming
events, along with bus and coach schedule and routes, to restaurants, hotels,
supermarkets, malls and places for recreation.
The portal is part of the smart urban plan which
uses information and communication technology to establish a tourism eco-system
and foster linkage between tourists, authorities and businesses, towards
building high-quality tourism.
The launch of the smart tourism portal is
hoped to help Hoa Binh fully tap potential and promote Hoa Binh’s tourism to
domestic and international tourists./.
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.