(HBO) – Tourist attractions across the northern province of Hoa Binh welcomed about 170,000 visitors during the recent National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holidays which lasted days from April 29 to May 3. Most of the visitors toured local eco-tourism, community-based tourism sites, resorts, and cultural, sport, and entertainment facilities.
The Meddom Pack tourist area in Cao Phong’s sunflower fields attract people to visit and take photos.
From the holiday-makers, including 15,000 foreigners, Hoa Binh raked in 125 billion VND (5.33 million USD), up 31.6% from the same period last year.
Thanks to their diversification of new tourism products and services that offer richer experiences, many local tourist areas such as the Hoa Binh Lake, Mai Chau, Kim Boi, Cao Phong, Tan Lac, and Hoa Binh city recorded a surge in tourist arrivals.
During the holidays, several cultural-sport events and festivals were held, with security and safety for holiday-makers ensured./.
With a diverse culture with the identities of the Muong, Tay, Dao, and Thai ethnic groups and wild, majestic landscapes, Da Bac highland district is developing diverse tourism, associated with preserving and promoting traditional culture.
With the diverse cultural identities of the Muong, Tay, Dao, and Thai ethnic groups and endowed with natural beauty, the mountainous district of Da Bac has been gradually developing tourism in association with preserving and promoting traditional cultural values.
F. Martine from France and many other tourists from around the world have shown their excitement when joining Thai ethnic people of Mai Chau district in the traditional "sap” and "keng loong” dances.
In the early days of spring, accommodation businesses and tourist sites in Hoa Binh province have welcomed a large number of visitors, with many of them remaining open throughout the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Binh Thanh commune in Cao Phong district of Hoa Binh province has been taking advantage of local cultural identity and diverse natural landscapes to boost its tourism development.
The smart tourism software of Hoa Binh province forms part of the package of smart urban solutions, which optimises information and communications technologies to form a tourism ecosystem and offer benefits to tourists, authorities and businesses. It has facilitated the building of a high-quality tourism industry, contributing to local sustainable economic development.