(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Mai Chau district in Hoa Binh province held a highland market festival and a cultural-art exchange in Mai Chau town on April 4, as part of activities marking the southern liberation and national reunification day (April 30) and May Day (May 1). The festival will be held every Sunday to stimulate local tourism.
Visitors play folk games during the festival in Mai
Chau.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, local tourism is developing.
In March alone, tourist destinations welcomed thousands of visitors.
During the festival, visitors enjoyed unique and attractive
tourist products, music performances imbued with national cultural identity,
played popular folk games such as tu lu, to le, rope swing, contributing to
introducing and popularising local tourism images, beauty of local customs and
cultural identity of ethnic minorities./.
Hoa Binh province’s rich natural and cultural resources position it as a prime location for developing community-based tourism (CBT). In recent years, support from central and provincial policies, as well as assistance from non-governmental organisations, have encouraged local ethnic minority and mountainous communities to actively engage in the sector.
Van Son Commune, Tan Lạc district, Hoa Binh province also known as "Cloud Valley," boasts a cool climate, stunning natural landscapes, and majestic scenery. Visitors who have been to this place should make a stop at Chien Hamlet to experience a lot of fascinating things and feel the friendly, warmth of the Muong ethnic people.
Thanks to the effective exploitation of natural landscape and the cultural diversity of ethnic minorities, Hoa Binh province has become an attractive destination for tourists seeking experiences and exploration.
The Department of Cultural Heritage has just coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province to organize a training on implementing the model of the cultural heritage connected in the cultural tourism journey in Cao Phong and Lac Son districts.
The Sung village in Cao Son commune, Da Bac district, is endowed with pristine natural landscape, and Dao Tien ethnic minority community in the village preserves rich cultural heritage, including traditional housing, clothing, language, scripts, customs, and daily life practices. Since the community-based tourism model was introduced in the locality, these traditional cultural values have been further preserved and promoted.
