(HBO) - The tourism association of Hoa Binh province recently held a conference to review its work in 2019 and launch tasks for the new year.
The association’s
membership to date has reached nearly 70. Over the years, with the support of
the provincial steering board on tourism and collaboration between departments
and sectors, it has carried out various activities, particularly arranging
refresher courses to improve quality of tourism workers, creating new tourism
products and enhancing market development.
It has also called on
members and local firms to bolster investment in the fields that the province
holds potential and advantage, in a bid to build and promote local tourism
products, contributing to the province’s development in the sector.
In the previous year, Hoa
Binh welcomed over 3.11 million visitors, including 406,384 foreigners. Tourism
revenue hit about 2.17 billion VND (63,690 USD), 9.2 percent higher than the year’s
plan.
At the event, members
of the association assessed outcomes of the tourism sector in the year and
analysed its drawbacks. They also agreed on 2020 tasks of further raising
capacity of the executive board in management and building strategies for the
association’s development.
It has mobilised
sources to build a financial fund in an effort to ensure the association’s
operation, thereby creating favourable conditions for members to provide
tourism services.
In addition, the
organisation has efficiently performed its duties in the public-private
partnership and counseling local leaders about strategies and plans on tourism
development in the coming time, among others.
Participants also
discussed a plan for the provincial tourism association’s congress for the
2020-2025 tenure, slated for the first days of this year’s third quarter./.
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.