A number of community-based tours made their debut in Don hamlet, Thanh Lam commune, Ba Thuoc district of the central province of Thanh Hoa on October 19.

An eco-tourism site in Thanh Hoa (Source: VNA)
Pu Luong is a nature reserve established in 1999 with its area
covering Ba Thuoc and Quan Hoa districts. It is considered as a valuable
natural reserve for science research, socio-economic and ecotourism
development.
The tours offer visitors activities to discover local primeval forests,
waterfalls, rivers and mountains.
They can also participate in traditional festivals of the locality, visit
traditional trade villages, enjoy local specialities and experience daily
activities of locals, especially those from ethnic minority groups.
Visitors can take one-day tours in Pu Luong, or two-day tours across three
districts of Ba Thuoc, Quan Hoa and Lang Chanh. There are also tours going cross
Hoa Binh province to Ba Thuoc.
Chairman of Ba Thuoc district People’s Committee Lo Van Thang said the
development of community tourism is hope to assist with poverty reduction,
raise income and improve the livelihood of local residents, thus contributing
to bolstering the locality’s socio-economic development.
He highlighted the significance of the launch of community-based
travel tours in the locality, saying that this will help attract more
holiday-makers to the locality.
Ba Thuoc hopes to create a breakthrough in tourism development, Thang said,
adding that the locality has set a goal to welcome 30,000 visitors by 2020, of
which about one third being international tourists.
In recent years, Ba Thuoc district has focused on upgrading infrastructure in
many tourist destinations. It has also enhanced promotion of community tourism,
restored many traditional cultural activities, in connection with conserving
and developing intangible cultural values and training human resources for the
tourism sector.
Source: VNA
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With effective business operations, significant increases in the number of visitors at weekends and on public holidays, and being listed among the 71 most beautiful places to visit worldwide by the prestigious US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller, Hoa Binh’s tourism is "spreading its wings" on its journey towards the targets of welcoming 4.9 million visitors, including 1 million foreigners, and achieving total tourism revenue of 5.4 trillion VND (211.89 million USD) in 2025.
On February 21, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to implement the tourism plan in 2025 and meet with tourism businesses operating in the province. The event was chaired by Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Head of the Provincial Tourism Steering Committee.
Tien Pagoda is located in the valley of Lao Noi and Lao Ngoai villages, Phu Nghia commune, Lac Thuy district; it is surrounded by two mountain ranges stretching like two giant dragons reaching for the blue sky. Every year, when spring comes, thousands of Buddhists and tourists from all over the country make a pilgrimage to Tien Pagoda. The relic complex of Tien Pagoda is ranked as a national relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with 21 relic sites of many types: historical and cultural relics, scenic relics, and archaeological relics.
Cao Phong has paid due attention to developing tourism, creating impetus for socio-economic development towards completing the targets set in the resolution of the district’s 28th Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure.
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