Charm of Hoa Binh tourism

9/14/2017 - 11:06:30 AM

(HBO) – The northern province of Hoa Binh is tapping its potential and advantages to create tourism products meeting demand of domestic and foreign tourists. The provincial tourism sector has continuously received good news as local tourist areas and destinations have become more well-known.

Lac hamlet in Chieng Chau commune (Mai Chau district) attracts many tourists.

Notably, the Serena hot spring Resort Kim Boi in Khai Doi hamlet of Sao Bay commune (Kim Boi district) of Lac Hong company, has always been in high demand since its operation, thanks to its Japanese-style design combined with the beauty of nature and culture of the north western region

Another mineral water spring facility in Ha Bi commune also reports stable number of guests. The number of visitors coming to Mai Chau district’s tourist areas like Mai Chau Ecolodge in Na Phon commune is also rising. Many local tourism spots were voted as favourite destinations by domestic and international tour operators such as Pom Coong hamlet in Mai Chau town; the Mai Hich home-stay facility also won the ASEAN Homestay award. Besides, other destinations have left deep impression on tourists like Phuong Hoang golf course (Luong Son district), Vit co xanh Eco-tourism area (Luong Son district), Thang Thien waterfall (Ky Son district), nine waterfalls of Tu Son (Kim Boi district), Muong Ethnic Cultural Space Museum (Hoa Binh city), Viet – Muong cultural village (Luong Son district) and Centre for Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Feudal Laureate Heritage (Cao Phong district), among others.

In particular, the province has established community-based and high-quality tourism services in Ngoi Hoa commune (Tan Lac district), Da Bia in Tien Phong commune, Ke hamlet in Hien Luong commune, Sung hamlet in Cao Son commune (Da Bac district). They have delivered many feelings and interesting experiences for domestic and foreign tourists around Hoa Binh lake, which has been included in the National Tourism Destination plan approved by the Prime Minister. Many investors have come to the Hoa Binh lake to explore the possibility of building tourism projects.

Both the number of guests and tourism earnings have been on the rise in recent years. In 2016, the province served more than 2.2 million visitors, surpassing targets by 13.7 percent. Of the number, there were 227,000 foreigners and over two million domestic visitors, raking in 576 billion VND (25.34 million USD) in revenues and generating over 1 trillion VND (44 million USD) in incomes.

In the first six months of 2017, Hoa Binh received over 1.37 million tourists, a rise of 5.3 percent year-on-year and equivalent to 60.8 percent of the year’s plan. There were 122,830 international and more than 1.25 million domestic tourists, bringing in 356.77 billion VND (15.7 million USD) in revenues and generating of about 642 billion VND (28.25 million USD) in incomes.

Luu Huy Linh, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that the province’s advantages for tourism development include striking natural landscape with spectacular mountains and rich and diverse cultural heritage. The province also borders the capital city of Hanoi. Those advantages and potential have been awakened, opening up new chances for Hoa Binh to develop tourism. In its plan to develop tourism, the province has set the goal of receiving over 3.32 million tourists by 2020, including 546,000 foreign and over 2.78 million domestic tourists.

The province also aims to serve over 7.29 million tourists by 2030, with 1.97 million foreign and over 5.32 million domestic tourists. It will strive to raise tourism earnings to 2.49 trillion VND (109.47 million USD) by 2020 and 10.93 trillion VND (480.8 million USD) by 2030./.

Yen Thuy district has been developing tourism associated with the festival and spiritual destinations

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.

Hoa Binh Lake attracts tourists

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.

Hoa Binh Lake tourism area set to become national tourist site

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

Promoting the cooperation and tourism development between Hoa Binh and Ba Ria - Vung Tau provinces

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.

Efforts to remove barriers help promote tourism development in Hoa Binh Lake area

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.

Da Bac promotes tourism development

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.