(HBO) – Over the past years, Da Bac district of Hoa Binh province has mobilised resources and designed policies to promote and attract investment in tourism development, especially community-based tourism.
Da Bac Ecolodge eco-tourism site in Hien Luong
commune, Da Bac district, is an ideal destination for visitors to explore.
About 70km of the
200-km long Hoa Binh Lake run through Da Bac district. The locality is
well-known for its beautiful landscapes including Thac Bo temple, which helps
it attract tens of thousands of visitors each year.
In recent years, the
district has lured a number of investors in the tourism sector. So far, Da Bac
has developed many community-based tourist sites in Ke village of Hien Luong
commune, Duc Phong and Mo Hem villages in Tien Phong commune, and Sung village
in Cao Son commune. These areas have unique cultural identities from local
ethnic minority groups with special traditions, architecture, costumes, music,
dance and festivals, which make them strong in tourism. In 2020, Da Bac
welcomed more than 90,000 visitors with revenue of 30 billion VND.
As part of its tourism
development strategy, since 2017, the People’s Committee of Da Bac has built a
plan to boost the sector to 2020 with a vision to 2030. Its objectives include
specifying orientations for tourism planning and development, turning Da Bac
into an attractive tourist destination of the province, contributing to
creating jobs, improving incomes for local residents, speeding up the economic
transition of the locality and creating more income sources for the State
budget.
With its potential and
efforts to complete traffic infrastructure to make travelling more easily and
promoting tourism investment, Da Bac has high hope to enjoy strong growth in
tourism to match its potential and advantages./.
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.