Since the beginning of the year, Mai Chau district has focused on organizing the numerous major events of culture, sport, and tourism, highlighting the local ethnic cultural identity to attract visitors and stimulate the local tourism.
Xen
Moung Festival in 2024, held at the district level, has attracted thousands of
turns of domestic and international tourists to Mai Châu.
Notable
events include Xen Muong Festival of Thai ethnic group and the recognition of
Keng Loong as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage; and the Gau Tao Festival
of Mong ethnic group. Additionally, the tourism products have been developed
and expanded. The highland market, held every Sunday in Mai Châu town, has been
maintained. The district also places the great emphasis on introducing and
promoting tourism and services through the various diverse and rich forms.
By
the end of July, the district welcomed over 500,000 turns of visitors,
including 110,000 international tourists, with total tourism revenue exceeding
600 billion dongs. Along with the community-based tourism, the development of
high-end resort tourism has significantly contributed to creating the quality
products that appeal to a wide range of tourists, boosting the revenue for the
tourism sector. Currently, in the whole district, there are 203 accommodation
facilities, including 4 resorts, 8 hotels rated 1-3 stars, 38 guesthouses, and
158 homestays. Out of the 30 tourism and service projects approved by the
province for survey and investment planning, 12 projects are already in
operation, and the registered capital is over 1,140 billion dongs, of which 183
billion dongs has been realized.
In recent years, based on the community tourism models of the Dao people in Cao Son commune and the Muong people in Hien Luong and Tien Phong communes, the authority of Da Bac district has built a model of this kind in the Tay ethnic community in Thu Lu hamlet, Giap Dat commune.
The People's Committee of Hoa Binh province on August 7 held a meeting to review the implementation of the project "Building upland communes in Tan Lac district into provincial-level tourist areas by 2030, with a vision to 2050" in the first months of 2024, and deploy tasks for the coming time. Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired the event.
The provincial People's Committee has just issued Decision No. 1419/QD-UBND on July 30th, 2024, regarding the recognition of Mo Hamlet Community Tourism Site.
Blessed by nature with beautiful landscapes with hundreds of caves, waterfalls, grass hills and a cultural space imbued with ethnic identity, some destinations in Cao Phong district are likened to "fairyland" or "tourist paradise". Clearly identifying its potential and advantages, over the recent years, the district has continuously invested in embellishing, preserving and increasing the value of its landscapes and relic sites to develop tourism.
After three years of implementing Resolution No. 05-NQ/HU, dated June 7, 2021, issued by the Lac Thuy Party Committee’s standing board on local tourism development for 2021-2025, the district has focused on forming distinctive cultural products linked to tourism to attract visitors. Its efforts have led to increasing tourist arrivals and tourism revenue, contributing to economic restructuring, job creation, state budget revenue collection, and higher living standards.
According to the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, tourism business activities in the province have shown strong signs of recovery, and the province has achieved good growth in the first six months of this year. The total number of tourists visiting Hoa Binh is estimated at 2.6 million, increasing nearly 10% compared to that of the same period, achieving 61.9% of the annual plan.
