(HBO) – The Hoa Binh People’s Committee convened a meeting on October 11 to launch a plan to organise a festival gathering community-based tourism villages from eight northwestern provinces. Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Toan, who is also head of the organising committee, chaired the event.
Nguyen
Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee, concludes the
meeting.
The participating provinces consist of Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Dien Bien, Ha Giang,
Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La and Yen Bai. The festival is set to take place from
November 17 to 19, featuring a wide range of activities, including a
presentation contest showcasing outstanding community-based tourism villages,
musical performances, a fashion show of traditional ethnic costumes, folk
games, a photo exhibition, and a trade fair.
The trade fair is expected to have 22 stalls introducing the villages’ products
as well as Hoa Binh’s tourism and One Commune, One Product (OCOP) goods, among
others.
At the meeting, delegates discussed preparations in terms of finance,
infrastructure conditions, venues, security and order maintenance, traffic
safety, and communications.
In his concluding remarks, Toan emphasised that this will be an important event
aimed at promoting and introducing the tourism and culinary potential as well
as the image of Hoa Binh and other northwestern provinces, attracting domestic
and international tourists. This contributes to the preservation of traditional
cultural values of ethnic groups, honours the tourism villages, and expands
cultural exchanges among ethnic communities, and promote sustainable tourism
development.
He suggested that preparations should be carried out urgently to ensure a
well-organised festival. All relevant agencies must develop and implement plans
in accordance with their assigned tasks.
Currently, the tourism products of Yen Thuy district are mainly the festival and spiritual tourism. In addition to ensuring a civilized lifestyle in the religious activities, the party committees and the local authorities at all levels always focus on preserving the value of historical, cultural relics and festivals associated with exploiting tourism strengths.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.