Tour guides exchange professional occupation
and professional skills to improve communication skills, towards the satisfaction
of tourists. Photo taken in Hich village, Mai Hich commune (Mai Chau).
The district pays special attention to the
preservation and promotion of the ethnic cultural identity. The district
restores and organizes traditional festivals such as: the Xen Muong festival of
the Thai ethnic group, the Gau Tao festival of the Mong ethnic group, etc. The
community tourism sites must strictly implement the regulations on the
preservation of the ethnic culture, such as: keeping the stilt houses;
welcoming clothes must be national costumes; the service prices must comply
with regulations, etc.
Besides, the district is interested in
building specific tourist products. The district gradually establishes the
international, inter-provincial, inter-regional, intra-provincial,
intra-provincial and intra-regional tourist routes.
The whole district has 574 workers in tourism
field, of which there are 2 postgraduate qualifications, 48 at university
level, 50 people at college level, 68 people at intermediate level, the rest is
at high school level.
Types of accommodation in the district are
invested with full facilities. Currently, the district has 138 business and
tourist accommodation establishments, including 9 hotels, 26 motels, 103
community guesthouses. The whole district has 13 villages doing business of
community tourism activities. Some tourist sites operate effectively such as Mai Chau
Ecolodge (Na Phon commune), Mai Chau Villlas (Mai Hich commune), Lac village
(Chieng Chau commune), etc. The tourist spots attract a large number of domestic and
international visitors. In 2018, Mai Chau tourism has welcomed nearly 332,000
visitors to visit and explore (increasing 7,464 visitors compared to 2017),
including 132,500 international visitors, 199,500 domestic tourists. The total
revenue from tourism reached 107.6 billion VND (increasing 18 billion VND
compared to 2017).
People of the Muong ethnic group have been residing in Hoa Binh province throughout history. Hoa Binh province is a land of indigenous Muong ethnic people. Over the time, the Muong ethnic group has created and preserved a rich and diverse folk culture, in which there is a prominent and unique genre with profound humanistic values - the Mo Muong. Mo Muong has helped to form and nurture the character and soul of the Muong people as well as the land of Hoa Binh.
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