Hoa Binh invests in infrastructure to serve tourism development

4/24/2021 - 4:25:23 PM

(HBO) - Defining tourism as a spearhead economic sector, Hoa Binh province has carried out many measures to develop the sector over the past years, with attention paid to building and upgrading infrastructure.

Residents in Sung hamlet, Da Bac district’s Cao Son commune, participate in training course in community-based tourism.

At present, the province has 72 valid investment projects worth over 20 trillion VND in tourism, accounting for 12.2 percent of total projects in the locality. It has 434 licensed accommodation facilities with more than 4,000 rooms, one provincial-level tourist site and nine sites at the local level. The sector has generated jobs for over 14,000 labourers, of whom over 4,000 are working directly in this sector.

The provincial People’s Committee has invested in building or upgrading road transport infrastructure as well as coach stations and parking lots. In addition, Hoa Binh has paid more attention to promoting investment in tourism development, facilitating enterprises’ and locals’ engagement in this aspect, and encouraging them to invest in developing cultural, spiritual and sport tourism and eco-tourism.

Priority has been given to several major groups such as Sun Group, Tan Hoang Minh and FLC which are studying the implementation of large-scale and high-quality projects in the Hoa Binh Lake tourism site and Kim Boi and Lac Son district.

The province has provided support for travel companies in protecting intellectual property rights, strictly dealt with frauds and unfair competitions in tourism business activities, and worked to ensure safety for visitors.

It has also facilitated the participation of organisations and individuals in tourism activities by providing them with financial assistance and knowledge about community-based tourism.

Hoa Binh has encouraged several enterprises to invest in developing big shopping and services centres in Hoa Binh city and other localities, and coordinate with local People’s Committees in organizing trade fairs and night markets to introduce visitors to local agricultural products and specialties./.

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.

Building trademark for Hoa Binh Lake tourism site

Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.

Mai Chau district taps into cultural resources to develop tourism

Mai Chau is a mountainous district and home to many ethnic groups such as Thai, Muong, Kinh, Mong, Dao, and Tay with distinctive cultural identities, creating a diverse and unique cultural treasure. Aware of its advantages, the district has paid attention to the preservation and promotion of ethnic groups’ cultural values so that culture will become a leverage for tourism and contribute to socio-economic development and life quality improvement.