HBO - Referring to Kim Boi is mentioning the land with the beautiful natural landscapes, the unique cultural identity and many traditional festivals. In particular, the district has a source of the hot mineral water which is considered one of the best mineral water sources in Southeast Asia. Currently, there are five cultural and historical relics at the national and provincial level in the district. These are the great advantages to help the district develop tourism and are towards the high quality tourism step by step.
In 2018, the proportion of the service and tourism industry of Kim Boi accounted for 50.62%, the largest contribution to the added value in the total economic structure of the whole district. It also indicates that this can become an economic spearhead in the coming time.
In the recent years, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Kim Boi district have directed the appropriate authorities to strengthen the propaganda and the promotion of the local tourism potentials and advantages. In 2017, the People's Committee of the district issued a Decision approving the project of tourism development in Kim Boi district in the period of 2017-2020 with a vision to 2030 to make the district become an attractive tourist destination of the province and the surrounding areas with its typical products. They are the eco-tourism and the relaxation associated with understanding the cultural identity of Muong ethnic people.
Serena Resort in Sao Bay commune is a high-class resort attracting a lot of tourists.
The district has developed the directions and solutions to develop tourism in a sustainable and effective way, creating a unified basis in managing and exploiting the potentials and the tourism business, creating more jobs and raising the income and restructuring the economy.
Since implementing the Scheme and strengthening the propaganda and the promotion on mass media as well as on the tourism website, Kim Boi district has attracted 5 investors to build the resorts. The district has also created the favorable conditions for land and environment to facilitate the enterprises to build infrastructure, attracting investment in tourism development. Up till now, many high-class eco-resorts and resorts such as Serena Resort in Sao Bay commune, V’Resort in Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi mineral springs tourism, the eco-tourism area of the Sun waterfall and so on have come into operation. In 2018, the whole district welcomed over 215,700 turns of visitors, of which there were 15.300 turns of the international visitors. The total income from tourism reached 145,158 billion VND, paying 18,425 billion VND to the state budget.
The goal of Kim Boi district in the coming time is to develop the high quality tourism, forming a high-class resort model combining with the community tourism.
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.
