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.
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.
Da Bac district, bestowed with stunning landscapes, is developing ecological and resort tourism offerings. Several tourist sites, put into operation this year, has attracted throngs of high-spending and young domestic visitors.
