(HBO) – Since the beginning of this year, Hoa Binh province has welcomed a large number of tourist groups, including domestic and foreign tourists. New tourism products have been built while existing ones have continued to be improved in terms of quality. Some districts engaging in spiritual tourism such as Da Bac, Lac Thuy, Cao Phong and Tan Lac have resumed normal activities at historical relics and worship sites. These moves signal a positive recovery for the province’s tourism industry in the first months of the year.
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community-based tourism site in Hich 1 village, Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich
commune, attracts visitors who want to experience products and services bearing
Thai cultural identity.
Mai Chau tourist area is a popular destination for domestic and
international tourists to make spring trips. Le Hoang Thao Nguyen, a teacher at Kim Lien High School in Hanoi, said a
delegation of teachers and students from her school just had a wonderful and
meaningful trip to Mai Chau. During the journey, they stopped at Mai Chau Flag
Tower to admire the scenery, stayed at a homestay and visited community tourism
villages. Nguyen said they really enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere of the Thai
ethnic minority people’s village.
Hoa Binh Lake is also an exciting tourist spot for travellers.
Visitors often travel in a group of 20-40 people. The most popular attractions
include community-based tourism villages in Tien Phong, Hien Luong and Cao Son
communes in Da Bac district, Suoi Hoa communes in Tan Lac district, Binh Thanh,
Thung Nai communes in Cao Phong district and lakeside resorts in Son Thuy
commune in Mai Chau district.
Catching the visitors’ demand, all districts and cities in the province have
organised cultural and sports activities as well as festivals to serve tourists
and local residents.
Notably, the Khai ha (going down to field) festival, the biggest traditional
event of the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh, took place at the provincial level
for the first time from January 27-29 (the sixth to eighth days of the lunar
new year).
The province currently has 462 accommodation establishments, nine local tourist
spots including a provincial-level site, and seven travel firms.
According to Bui Xuan Truong, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism, to realise the 2023 tourism development plan, Hoa
Binh will mobilise capital from various sources to invest in infrastructure,
preserve historical and cultural relics, scenic spots and upgrade electricity,
water systems and communication infrastructure in some highland communes with
tourism potential. Tourism promotion in key markets will be strengthened along
with active participation in domestic events as well as through mass media.
Cooperative activities in tourism development and training of professional
human resources for the tourism sector will be boosted.
It is estimated that the province will welcome 1.45 million visitors in the
first quarter of 2023, up 64.2% year-on-year, reaching 41.4% of the yearly
plan. Of these, foreign visitors are estimated at 90,000, equivalent to 20% of
the year plan and domestic tourists at 1.36 million, or 44.6% of its plan for
this year.
Total revenue from tourism activities is estimated at 1.2 trillion VND (59.3
million USD), an increase of 33.6% over the same period last year, accounting
for 30.8% of 2023’s plan. The province aims to receive 3.5 million visitors
this year, including 450,000 foreign visitors./.
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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