(HBO) - Hoa Binh province’s Tourism Steering Committee held a conference on July 27 to review tourism activities in the first six months of this year and put forward tasks for the last months, under the chair of Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Toan, who is also head of the Steering Committee.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee
Nguyen Van Toan delivers a speech at the conference.
In the first half of this year, Hoa Binh tourism continued
to make an impressive recovery. The sector concertedly carried out tasks and
solutions to develop new and attractive destinations, tours and products; and
organised a variety of activities to attract the attention of tourists inside
and outside the country, thus creating a premise for tourism to recover and
maintain its activities in the last months of 2023 and the following years. In
the period, the province served a total of 2.36 million visitors, up 28.8% over
the same period, equal to 67.4% of the yearly plan. Total revenue from tourism
services was about 2.3 trillion VND, up 16.2% year-on-year and fulfilling 59%
of the yearly plan.
At the event, delegates discussed, contributed ideas, and
raised some difficulties and obstacles in tourism development.
Vice Chairman Toan requested sectors and localities to focus
on supporting investors and accommodation establishments, especially in
transport infrastructure, and telecommunications; starting work on several
tourism projects and speeding up construction on ongoing ones; strengthening management
over national and provincial relic sites.
He also asked districts and Hoa Binh city to pay attention
to directing communes to supervise and ensure the progress and quality of work
for tourism development within the framework of the three National Target
Programmes; improving the quality of human resources for this industry; and
stepping up investment and tourism promotion activities./.
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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