The provincial People's Committee has just issued Decision No. 1419/QD-UBND on July 30th, 2024, regarding the recognition of Mo Hamlet Community Tourism Site.
Mo Hamlet community tourism focuses on preserving and
promoting the cultural values to attract tourists.
Located in Binh Thanh Commune (Cao Phong), Mo Hamlet
community tourism develops based on the pristine natural landscape and the
unique culture of the ethnic minorities through the traditional stilt houses
and the daily life of Muong people. The hamlet has 36 households participating
in the community tourism. The hamlet has established a community tourism
cooperative that focuses on preserving the cultural identity, reviving the
traditional crafts, protecting the ecological environment, and developing the
distinctive tourism products to effectively utilize tourism resources and
attract domestic and international visitors.
Especially with the attention and support of the
province, Mo Hamlet community tourism has met the conditions to be recognized:
it has tourism resources; the necessary infrastructure and services to ensure
serving tourists; social security and order; and environmental protection...
This contributes to promoting the safe and sustainable exploitation and
investment development of the Community Tourism Site.
According to the Decision, the management, exploitation,
and development of the Community Tourism Site are assigned to Binh Thanh
Commune’s People's Committee and Mo Hamlet Community Tourism Cooperative.
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.