(HBO) - The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a handover of the equipment to support the development of community tourism in the tourism site in the area of Hoa Binh lake for the six households providing homestay services in Sung hamlet, Cao Son commune and Mo Hem hamlet, Tien Phong commune.
The leaders of the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism are handing over the equipment to
support the community tourism for homestay households in Sung hamlet, Cao Son
commune (Da Bac).
Accordingly, 3 households doing homestay
business in Sung village and 3 households doing homestay business in Mo Hem
hamlet have been supported the following equipment: 20 sets of bed sheets,
mosquito nets and pillows; 10 Song Hong mattresses; 10 blankets and cotton guts
each. Particularly, 3 households doing homestay business in Sung village, Cao
Son commune have been supported one more food freezer each. They have offered
one set of loudspeaker and sound equipment, one set of ethnic musical instruments
and one set of gongs for the traditional performance team in each hamlet so
that they can use them to practice and perform to serve tourists, contributing
to the conserving, preserving and promoting the traditional cultural identity
of the nation.
With this practical support, it has partly
helped the households doing homestay business and the art team at the community
tourism sites gradually improve the conditions to serve tourism better. As a
result, it has contributed to the development of the local community tourism as
well as the tourism within Hoa Binh lake area.
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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