(HBO) – The Hoa Binh provincial Department of Information and Communications in collaboration with VNPT Hoa Binh held a ceremony to hand over a smart tourism portal to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for management, operation and use. Attending the event was Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan.
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Leaders of the provincial Department of Information and Communications, the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and VNPT Hoa Binh sign the minutes on
the handover of the portal
The smart tourism portal of Hoa Binh is a component of the smart urban
development solution, using information and communication technology to form a
tourism ecosystem and create mutual reciprocal benefits among visitors,
authorities and businesses, contributing to sustainable economic development.
The system is expected to help State management agencies improve the efficiency
of tourism management, ensure security and social order, promote tourism,
develop international markets and increase budget collection thanks to social
investment in tourism.
After the project was approved, the provincial Department of Information and
Communications worked with the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and
Tourism and the VNPT Hoa Binh to promptly build the portal.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman Toan emphasised that the portal is an
effective support tool for local tourism development while also promoting
digital transformation in tourism under the national and local digital
transformation scheme, contributing to gradually realising goals and tasks set
in Resolution on tourism development adopted by the provincial Party Congress.
Lauding the provincial Department of Information and Communications for
ensuring the project’s progress, he asked the Department of Culture, Sports and
Tourism to effectively operate and manage the system. The Department of
Information and Communications must ensure servers, IT infrastructure and
information safety at the local data centre while popularising the portal among
local organisations, enterprises and residents. The VNPT Hoa Binh will continue
offering technical support to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and
further perfect the system in the future while continuing to operating the wifi
system free of charge as committed./.
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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