(HBO) - Since the third quarter of this year, tourism activities of Hoa Binh province have improved after overcoming the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The province welcomed 2.85 million tourists in the first 10 months, including 320,000 foreigners, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Hoa Binh province earned about 1.7 trillion VND (73 million USD) from tourism revenue in the period.
Since Q3, community-based tourist destinations
in Sung village of Cao Son commune (Da Bac districts) has welcomed foreign
tourists back again.
Tourist arrivals
mostly increased in the second and third quarters, with resorts and
community-based tourism destinations in the districts of Mai Chau, Cao Phong,
Lac Thuy, Tan Lac, Da Bac, Kim Boi and Lac Son and Hoa Binh city seeing a rise
in the number of visitors.
Of note, travel tours
on Hoa Binh reservoir have become attractive to both domestic and international
tourists with new services, such as a trekking and cycling route around the
reservoir, adventure travel, ecotourism and cultural tourism and community
tourism.
Hoa Binh is currently
home to 412 qualified accommodation establishments, including six three-star,
23 two-star and eight one-star hotels, along with 233 lodging houses and 142
stilt houses for community-based tourism. In addition, there are nine local
tourist spots and a tourism zone at the provincial level./.
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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