Hoa Binh’s tourism sees impressive recovery after pandemic

9/12/2022 - 5:46:19 PM

(HBO) - Hoa Binh’s tourism sector has recorded an impressive recovery from the second quarter of 2022.

Tourists staying at Mai Chau Hideaway Resort are kayaking on Hoa Binh Lake.

Hoa Binh boasts beautiful natural landscapes and unique culture. The northern province has fully tapped its potential and advantages and diversified products and services, contributing to further promoting local tourism development.

Four-star Serena Resort – the "resort paradise” in the Northwest region, becomes a familiar place for tourists who love entertainment-resort tourism every weekend.

Thanks to the poetic landscape integrated with diverse services and professional service style, the resort is very popular with tourists. The average occupancy rate is over 70%, and is always full during long holidays.

Other tourist resorts such as Avana Retreat, Ba Khan Villa Resort, Mai Chau Hideaway in Mai Chau district; and An Lac Ecofarm Hot and Spring in Kim Boi district; Ivory Villas & Resort, Sun Set, Phoenix Golf Phoenix in Luong Son district; Hasu Villas in Hoa Binh city, are also popular with visitors.

Community-based tourism sites in Hoa Binh are also attractive to tourists.

According to Vice Chairman of the Da Bac district People’s Committee Ban Kim Quy, the local authority has worked hard to boost post-COVID-19 tourism recovery.

Da Bac welcomed over 20,000 tourists, including foreigners, after travel restrictions were lifted, Quy said.

A series of culture and sport activities, and tourism promotion programmes and fairs have been organised in Hoa Binh recently to lure tourists.

Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui Xuan Truong said along with the province's efforts to organise tourism stimulus events, diversifying tourism products has helped speed up tourism recovery and lure more holiday-makers to Hoa Binh.

In the first half of 2022, Hoa Binh welcomed over 1.8 million visitors, equivalent to 71% of the yearly plan. The locality raked in nearly 2 trillion VND (nearly 84.99 million USD) in the period, up 124.5% year-on-year./.

Hoa Binh province welcomed about 3.6 million tourist views

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.

Terraced rice fields in Lac Son district lure 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.

Tourism development brings changes to Mong people’s life in Hoa Binh

The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.

Hoa Binh Lake area forms attractive tourist destination

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 Bac district: tourism helps raise living standards of ethnic minority groups

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 9 months, Mai Chau district welcomed over 684 thousand visitors

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.