Hoa Binh develops tourism into spearhead economic sector

3/28/2021 - 3:58:33 PM

(HBO) – Hoa Binh province will capitalise on its advantages to develop local tourism into a spearhead economic sector. Besides, it aims to turn itself into an attractive destination with various outstanding tourism products, and a large tourism hub in the northern midland and mountainous area.

Hoa Binh Lake attracts huge crowds of visitors.

Bestowed with stunning landscapes and diverse ethnic cultures, Hoa Binh has huge potential to branch out tourism. In the past years, the province has issued an array of mechanisms and policies to capitalise on local strengths for tourism development.

After five years implementing Resolution No.10-NQ/TU dated December 30, 2016 of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee on tourism development until 2020 with a vision until 2030, the province has attained several significant achievements.

Hoa Binh has lured more than 4.1 trillion VND (178.58 million USD) for local tourism. Particularly, construction of the 30-kilometre road 345 running from Hoa Binh city through Binh Thanh and Thung Nai communes in Cao Phong district to Suoi Hoa commune in Tan Lac district was completed, opening huge opportunities to attract investments in Hoa Binh Lake area.

Many promotion activities have been held to help individuals and organisations to land investments in local tourism. Currently, the province is housing 72 effective tourism projects with total registered capital of nearly 20.6 trillion VND, accounting for 12.2 percent of total projects in the locality.

Hoa Binh Lake has met several criteria to become a national tourism site, while Mai Chau district is being developed into a tourism site at provincial level.

Investors have continued showing their interests in tourism projects in Lac Thuy, Kim Boi and Lac Son districts and Hoa Binh city.

The provincial Party Committee has directed competent authorities to expand market, build impressive tourism products, as well as improve human resources quality with a view to fully tapping local potential to develop eco-tourism and resort tourism.

State management in tourism has been intensified, and tourism products have better met demand of the tourists, helping increase tourism revenue.

The number of tourists and gaining from tourism grew over 10 percent each year. The figures only contracted in 2020 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To boost effectiveness of tourism development in line with green and sustainable growth, the standing board of the provincial Party Committee promulgated Conclusion No.37 dated January 29, 2021 to review the five-year implementation of Resolution No. 10 on tourism development to 2020, with a vision to 2030.

The Conclusion states orientations, goals and tasks in the field, particularly a target of attracting over 6.3 trillion VND in tourism investment, build tourism infrastructure, develop high-quality products, and have 6,000 rooms in the province’s accommodation establishments in the 2021-25.

The province has set a target of welcoming 4.9 holidaymakers by 2025, including 1 million foreigners. Tourism activities will rake in about 5.4 trillion VND, creating jobs for around 26,000 workers, nearly 9,000 of them obtain professional skills in the sector.

Hoa Binh Lake is projected to meet requirements for a national tourism site by 2025.

As COVID-19 developments remain complicated, the province aims to greet 3.4 million visitors this year (200 of them foreigners), earning about 2.9 trillion VND. The figures are projected to hit 3.76 million (660 foreigners), and 3.4 trillion VND by 2022, respectively.

In the 2026-30 period, the province strives to lure in excess of 11.9 trillion VND in investment, improve quality of products and its tourism brand, devise new typical products and have over 10,000 rooms in accommodation establishments. It also eyes welcoming 7.3 million tourists (2 million foreigners) and earning 11 trillion VND from tourism. Some 47,000 workers are expected to join in the field as Hoa Binh reservoir will become a national site and tourism a spearhead sector.

Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Luu Huy Linh said the province is sparing no efforts to disseminate Resolution No.08 of the Politburo and the Programme of Action No. 15 of the standing board of the provincial Party Committee on tourism development, along with a plan to realise the programme.

It is working to develop tourism sustainably in combination with conservation and development of cultural identity.

The province will work to diversify tourism products in keeping with culture and strengths of each locality and the national target programme on building new-style rural areas, including resort and medical tourism, community-based tourism and night economy.

Hoa Binh views Hanoi as a key source of tourists and will gradually expand markets to other localities and overseas. The province is to arrange personnel to carry out the resolution in an effective manner in an attempt to turn itself into an attractive destination with typical products.

Local authorities will continue to steer the building and implementation of plans and projects on tourism development, while reviewing, supplementing and issuing specific policies and mechanisms to create a legal framework for investment in tourism development.

Communications will be bolstered to raise public awareness of preserving and promoting cultural identity and protecting resources for tourism development.

Hoa Binh is seeking concerted measures to support struggling tourism firms as the pandemic remains unpredictable at home and abroad; and enhance cooperation in the sphere with other localities, especially Hanoi, HCM City and foreign ones./.

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