The People's Committee of Hoa Binh province hosted a conference on August 22 to evaluate the implementation of a project to develop Hoa Binh Lake tourist area into a national tourist area by 2025. Nguyen Van Toan, Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the steering committee for implementing the project, presided over the conference.
Nguyen Van Toan, Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee speaks at the conference.
In the first six months of the year, the number of visitors to the Hoa Binh Lake tourist area has shown stable growth, and brought socio-economic benefits, contributing to creating jobs and revenue for the local budget.
The tourist area welcomed 482,000 visitors, including 7,500 international holidaymakers, earning total revenue of 285 billion VND (11.45 million USD).
The steering committee has directed relevant agencies to effectively carry out their assigned tasks, including stepping up efforts to raise awareness of tourism development.
Special attention has been paid to investing and developing infrastructure and technical facilities serving tourism, diversifying tourism products, and training tourism human resources.
Efforts in advertising, promotion, and tourism development cooperation have been strengthened. The tourist area has so far met three out of the five criteria required to be recognised as a national tourist area.
Delegates discussed and clarified difficulties and obstacles facing the implementation of the project, while also making several proposals and recommendations.
Toan recommended that relevant departments and agencies should prioritise effective planning, develop plans, and create detailed master plans for tourism projects at the Hoa Binh Lake tourist area; review private investment projects and decisively revoke licences for those that are delayed or have no feasible implementation; strictly manage and invest in, upgrade ports; strengthen management, inspection and protection of tourism resources and the environment.
The People's Committees of districts were requested to enhance their roles in state management, tighten land and construction management related to the tourism sector. Meanwhile, information and communication agencies were demanded to enhance popularisation activities with many forms to promote the image of destinations, thus attracting tourists to the tourist area.
In recent years, based on the community tourism models of the Dao people in Cao Son commune and the Muong people in Hien Luong and Tien Phong communes, the authority of Da Bac district has built a model of this kind in the Tay ethnic community in Thu Lu hamlet, Giap Dat commune.
The People's Committee of Hoa Binh province on August 7 held a meeting to review the implementation of the project "Building upland communes in Tan Lac district into provincial-level tourist areas by 2030, with a vision to 2050" in the first months of 2024, and deploy tasks for the coming time. Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired the event.
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.
Blessed by nature with beautiful landscapes with hundreds of caves, waterfalls, grass hills and a cultural space imbued with ethnic identity, some destinations in Cao Phong district are likened to "fairyland" or "tourist paradise". Clearly identifying its potential and advantages, over the recent years, the district has continuously invested in embellishing, preserving and increasing the value of its landscapes and relic sites to develop tourism.
After three years of implementing Resolution No. 05-NQ/HU, dated June 7, 2021, issued by the Lac Thuy Party Committee’s standing board on local tourism development for 2021-2025, the district has focused on forming distinctive cultural products linked to tourism to attract visitors. Its efforts have led to increasing tourist arrivals and tourism revenue, contributing to economic restructuring, job creation, state budget revenue collection, and higher living standards.
According to the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, tourism business activities in the province have shown strong signs of recovery, and the province has achieved good growth in the first six months of this year. The total number of tourists visiting Hoa Binh is estimated at 2.6 million, increasing nearly 10% compared to that of the same period, achieving 61.9% of the annual plan.
