(HBO) - Eight km far from the center of the district, there is 3,500 ha of forest in Thanh Son commune, of which, 70% of the area is the protection forests, assigned to 11 hamlets for management and protection.
The forest protection group of Noong
Luong village, Thanh Son commune (Mai Chau) regularly goes on patrol to
promptly detect the illegal forest encroachment activities.
The area of protection forests is large with many perennial and rare timber trees, holding the headwaters position in regulating water sources at the same time. Therefore, the Party Committee and the authority of the commune always pay attention and direct the People to perform well the forest protection.
Currently,
there are 22 forest protection teams with from 3-5 people each in the whole
commune. They include the village heads, police officers, militia. They go on
patrols at a frequency of 1-2 times every month to timely detect and handle the
acts of deforestation and forest encroachment. At the village meetings, the
heads of hamlets, the secretaries of the Party cell and the reputable people
regularly propagate and sign the commitments with the local people, putting
into the residential conventions and regulations on the forest protection.
Every year, the units contracted for management and forest protection in the
commune receive the supported money in accordance with the policy of payment
for forest environmental services. As a result, the local people are more aware
of the forest protection. In the peak months of the hot season, the forest fire
prevention and fighting are strictly implemented, organizing the clearing of
plants and vegetation, guiding the people to burn up with the correct techniques,
promptly grasping the situation and ensuring the response to the possible
situation.
Up
to now, the forest coverage of the whole commune has reached 63%. The
orientation of forest management and protection associated with economic
development, especially the service of the community tourism, the commune has
been mobilizing the local people to actively participate in improving and
planting forests, protecting the environmental landscapes and assisting the
different types of tourism services and the socio-economic development.
Currently, in the whole commune there are 2 homestays with many types of
services, eco-tourism, which has been highly appreciated by visitors, and have
gone on operation effectively. Besides, the commune is implementing the planning
and the construction of the tourism area of Sam Tang lake with the beautiful
mountains and forests and the total area of 80 hectares. It is expected that
the tourism area will have many interesting services such as lakeside resort,
the health care with herbs, creating jobs for many local workers.
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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