Hoa Binh City People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 3731/KH-UBND on organizing the Festival of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Muong village.
Accordingly, the festival is held in Muong Bich Tru village, Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh city at the end of November with many attractive activities. Specifically, at the festival there are many cultural and artistic activities, folk games, and national sports competitions (shuttle throwing, stick pushing, crossbow shooting, tug of war). In particular, at the festival there will be kayak racing and motorized paragliding demonstrations; displaying the typical cultural space of the Muong ethnic group; the typical tourism products and the decoration of the youth flower garden.
Within the framework of the festival, Hoa Binh city organizes a tour program to visit Hoa Binh lake - the cultural space of Muong Bich Tru village - Giang waterfall; a visit to Hoa Binh lake - the cultural space of Muong Bich Tru village - Giang waterfall - Thac Bo God temple; a visit to the city's tourism attractions (Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Power Plant, Phat Quang Pagoda, historical revolutionary relic of Hoa Binh Prison, Muong Cultural Space Museum...).
The Festival of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Muong village is organized to promote its unique features; creating the linkages for sustainable tourism development, creating a supply chain of quality, unique and attractive tourism products; honoring the local cultural identity, especially Muong culture to attract tourists to Hoa Binh city.
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.