(HBO) - Authorities of Luong Son district in Hoa Binh province have planned to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector, focusing on resort eco-tourism, experience, sports, and entertainment tourism. Boasting natural beauty, unique and diverse cultural values and many historical and cultural relic sites, Luong Son has great potential to further promote tourism development.
Ivory Villa & Resort in Lam Son commune (Luong Son district) becomes an attractive destination for tourists.
Visiting Luong Son, tourists will be astonished to see the natural beauty and archaeological sites such as Tram Cave, Tam Cave, Diem Stone Roof, Vua Ba Mountain, Da Bac Cave, Nui Sang Cave, and Man Nguyen Cave, among others.
The district boasts traditional craft villages and various festivals. It is also home to several luxury resorts which offer all the amenities.
Nguyen Bich Thuy, a visitor from Hanoi, said her family had interesting experiences during at weekend at Nature Key Retreat in Bang Ga hamlet in Cao Son commune of Luong Son district.
According to Thuy, her family members had a chance to join exciting folk games and enjoy health services at the site.
Nguyen Thi Tien, Deputy Head of the Division of Culture and Information of Luong Son district, said local authorities have concentrated on organising traditional festivals, developing unique tourism products, upgrading infrastructure serving tourism, and preserving traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in the locality.
Attention has been paid to developing and expanding culture and spiritual tourism, eco-tourism, resorts, sports, and experience tourism; and improving the quality of tourism services, he added.
The province’s gateway land has become an attractive site for visitors with a series of luxurious resorts such as Violet Villa in Nhuan Trach commune and Ivory Villa & Resort in Lam Son commune.
With convenient transport systems, new resorts with modern architecture and close to nature are suitable for families at weekends and gatherings among friends.
Phuong Hoang (Phoenix) Golf Resort in Lam Son commune is also attractive to domestic and foreign visitors.
The local authorities have always created favourable conditions for investors to develop tourism projects. A number of projects being surveyed,and invested include Paradise Hoa Binh resort complex in Cao Son commune; Nang waterfall ecological resort in Cu Yen commune; Legary Culture Luong Son complex in the communes of Cao Son, Cu Yen, Tan Vinh; Ngan Pho ecological urban area in Lam Son commune, Legacy Hill resort in Cu Yen commune, La Saveur resort in Nhuan Trach commune, among others.
In the first nine months of 2023, Luong Son welcomed 155,000 tourists, including 80,000 foreigners. The locality earned nearly 108 billion VND (nearly 4.4 million USD) from tourism activities in the period.
The People's Committee of Hoa Binh province has just issued Plan No. 128 to implement the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 08 dated February 23, 2024 on comprehensive, rapid and sustainable tourism development in Hoa Binh province.
To turn Hoa Binh Lake into a national tourism area, the Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on June 22, 2017 issued Resolution No. 14-NQ/TU on developing the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area. Since then, resources have been mobilised to promote local tourism activities. The area now has met three of the five important criteria for a national tourism area.
The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee has issued a resolution on the development of the Hoa Binh Lake Tourist Area, aiming to turn it into a national site. To date, the area has satisfied three out of the five criteria set for a national tourist site.
Coming to Hoa Binh, visitors will be impressed by the natural beauty of Ngoi Hoa bay in Suoi Hoa commune, Tan Lac district.
People in Cha Day village in Pa Co commune, Mai Chau district of Hoa Binh province, have been taking advantage of natural conditions and traditional cultural values to develop community-based tourism which has helped improve their quality of life.
The Hoa Binh lake tourism area has strengths to attract visitors, particularly those who are interested in resort tourism and community-based tourism.
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