The visitors to Lac village in Chieng Chau commune (Mai Chau) in the early spring must wear face masks to prevent and control Covid-19 epidemics.
Traveling in the early spring of the year, it is easy to see that the tourism attractions in the province are quite bustling, from the cultural and spiritual tourism attractions and the community tourism to the resorts, the golf courses... Mai Chau district is always an attractive destination chosen by many tourists. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year holiday and weekends, Lac and Pom Coong villages are bustling with visitors. Avana Retreat tourism attraction in Bao La commune (Mai Chau) is a high-class resort, which is about 30 km from Mai Chau town, however, 41 rooms have been filled from the 1st to the 5th of the Lunar New Year. Mr. Nguyen Hong Duc, the Head of Avana's lobby department says: After Tet holiday, the number of visitors booking rooms still remains about 50% with the price of 5 - 30 million VND/room/day. The visitors are mainly the families from Hanoi who go on vacation in small groups. After Tet, the flight routes have opened, and we have welcomed visotors from Ho Chi Minh City, in the future it is expected to welcome many foreign visitors.
Tourism in Cao Phong district has also shown signs of prosperity after a long time affected by Covid-19 epidemics. The Heritist Park in Bac Phong Commune has welcomed over 4,300 turns of visitors since the Lunar New Year. The number of visitors through Thung Nai tourism port has increased by 30% compared to taht of the beginning of 2021… The spiritual tourism sites of Bo Temple (Cao Phong, Da Bac), Tien Pagoda (Lac Thuy) have also recorded an increase in the number of visitors.
Mr. Bui Xuan Truong, the Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism says: During the Lunar New Year holiday, the province has attracted a large number of tourists. During the 9 days of Tet holiday, over 102,000 turns of visitors arriving in the province, of which more than 800 international visitors are living and working in Vietnam. The number of visitors has increased by 35% compared to that of the same period in 2021, and the revenue has reached more than 80 billion VND, increasing 70%. This is a good sign showing that Hoa Binh tourism is adapting flexibly, gradually moving towards a full opening of the whole country and recovering the tourism sector. Thereby, it has been contributing to the socio-economic development and it forecasts a prosperous year for the province's tourism sector after a long time being heavily affected by Covid-19 epidemics. It is forecasted that in the first quarter of 2022, the province's tourism will continue to grow.
Currently, the places attracting a lot of tourists in the province are the tourism area within Hoa Binh lake with famous cultural and spiritual relics, Thac Bo temple, Thac Bo cave; the complex cave of Dau Rong mountain, Vietnam Heritist Park (Cao Phong); the complex cave in Tien pagoda (Lac Thuy); Mai Chau tourism area; High-class resorts such as Serena Resort (Kim Boi); Mai Chau Ecolodge, Avana Retreat, Ba Khan Village Resort, Mai Chau Hideaway resort (Mai Chau), Hasu Village Resort (Hoa Binh city)... are always favorite destinations with high rates reservation 80 - 100% capacity of high-spending tourists. The tourist sites and attractions are all paid attention to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemics, they always fully prepare face masks and disinfecting water, spraying disinfectants and they also propagate and remind visitors to comply with the regulations.
According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoa Binh is one of the localities in the North to reopen and serve tourists the earliest from the end of September 2021. After 4 months of shutdown, the province has prepared and flexibly adapted to the development of Covid-19 epidemics to organize tourism activities. At the same time, they are ready to welcome international visitors when the Government allows. Lunar New Year is an opportunity to restart the activities to create the momentum for the development of the tourism sector after 2 difficult years because of the epidemics.
In order to "gain momentum” for a promising year of prosperity, the province's tourism sector has reviewed the accommodation facilities, requiring the quality assurance, and meeting the reqủiements of the epidemic prevention and control and the safety for tourists and employees. The tourism establishments must develop the scenarios and the solutions in case of F0 and take measures to coordinate with the appropriaet authorities to create the best conditions to welcome visitors. It is required the business premises strictly list the prices, sell at the listed prices, not increase prices and force the visitors.For the service packages announced in the stimulus program, the quality must be maintained as committed.
In order to gradually restore tourism activities in a new normal state, in 2022, the province's tourism sector will continue to focus on improving the quality of services, encouraging the businesses, the organizations and the tourism business households to build and supply new products. The localities, based on the level of Covid-19 epidemics, proactively plan to prevent and control the epidemics to welcome and serve visitors thoughtfully.
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