(HBO) - Da Bac district is 15 km away from Hoa Binh city with abundant natural tourist resources such as: Phu Canh Nature Reserve Area, Ta Khop Waterfall, Than Cave, Lao Stream, Mua Cave, Sung Cave, Bieu Mountain, Lo Lan Cave, Hien Luong Bay, etc. Da Bac has hamlets of Ke, Da Bia, Sung, Mo Hem, Nhap, Ranh, etc. preserving unique cultural identities of ethnic minorities of Muong, Dao, Tay, etc. Those are the favorable conditions for tourism development, especially the development of community-based tourism.
Da Bac district community tourism has been
formed and developed in the last 4 years. It was started with the help of AFAP
Vietnam Organization (from July 2014). This project is in the part of AFAP's
long-term poverty reduction program in Hoa Binh. It was supported with the
finance as well as technical consultations in the process of project
implementation such as housing improvement consultancy, organizing training
courses to improve tourism profession for some households implementing
community tourism in Ke village, Hien Luong commune; Da Bia village, Tien Phong
commune and Son village, Cao Son commune. The project then was consulted to set
up Da Bac Tourist Community joint Stock Company with the objective of helping
to transform and improve the quality of community tourism services in Da Bac to
develop professionally and more effectively, focusing on promoting, connecting
with the customer market; branding tourism service products of Da Bac people
and developing community tourism in a sustainable way, etc.
The Russian Embassy is watching performances
at the community tourism site of Ke village, Hien Luong commune (Da Bac).
In addition, The State allocated for Da Bac
district community tourism a part of the investment in infrastructure,
promotion, tourism training and support and the provision of some tourist
equipment for homestay business people at some community tourism attractions.
Up to now, the district has 9 homestays doing business to welcome tourists. In
the first 6 months of 2018, Da Bac district community tourism has welcomed over
2,000 international visitors.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Hoa Binh province continues to implement the expanded tourism development cooperation program plan of 8 Northwest provinces with Ho Chi Minh City; deploying digital transformation content in tourism and developing a smart tourism province. Hoa Binh province received about 3.6 million views, an increase of 7.9% over the same period. In which, international visitors are about 380 visitors, domestic visitors are estimated at 3 million 220 visitors.
Spanning thousands of hectares and winding gracefully along mountain slopes, hillsides, and riverbanks, the terraced rice fields of Lac Son District present a stunning and captivating beauty. This region, renowned for its remarkable terraced landscapes, is also the centre of Hoa Binh Culture known for numerous archaeological sites.
The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.
The man-made Hoa Binh Lake, with a water surface area of approximately 9,000 hectares and a capacity of 9.45 billion cubic meters, stretches over 200 kilometers from Hoa Binh to Son La provinces. With the goal of developing into a national tourism area, the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to not only become the largest tourism centre in the province but also one of the 12 key tourist destinations in the northern midland and mountainous region of Vietnam.
Da Bia hamlet, now Duc Phong, in Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, was once almost isolated from the outside as the only way to the hamlet was to get a boat ride across the Hoa Binh reservoir. However, as its tourism potential has been unleashed, the hamlet has established itself as one of the most attractive destinations on the tourism map. It has even received the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Awards in 2019.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province welcomed over 684 thousand visitors to visit and relax. In which, over 516 thousand domestic visitors and more than 168 thousand international visitors. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 821 billion VND.
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