A fact-finding trip was organised to explore potential for tourism development in mountainous Lung Van commune in the northern province of Hoa Binh’s Tan Lac district.
Hoa Binh
Lake - a tourist attration in Hoa Binh
province (Source: VNA)
The trip was joined by local officials,
representatives from Action on Poverty in Vietnam, and FLC Group on August 8.
Situated at an altitude of nearly 700m above sea level, and covered with clouds
around the year, Lung Van is the centre of five upland communes of Tan Lac
district. It has great potential and advantages for promoting tourism
development.
It boasts numerous heritage featuring Muong ethnic people’s culture identities
such as Mo Muong culture heritage, Muong gong, handicraft products, traditional
festivals and folk games.
Lung Van is an attractive destination for community-based tours. It has the
provincial road 440 linking to localities with tourism potential including
communes of Quyet Chien, Nam Son, Bac Son, Ngo Luong in Tan Lac district;
Pu Bin and Noong Luong communes in Mai Chau district; and tourism sites in Bac
Thuoc district of the north central province
of Thanh Hoa.
Besides, Lung Van boasts a system of caves and old stilt houses.
During the trip, participants visited several projects of tourism development.
Representatives from FLC hoped to cooperate with the locality in developing
tourism, especially community-based tourism, while calling on the local
authority to work well on management, and pay attention to improving the
quality of tourism services.
Training courses should be arranged for local households which are supplying
homestay services for tourists, helping them collect experience in this field,
they said.
Action on Poverty in Vietnam
pledged to send experts to Lung Van to support the building of tourism
development plans for the locality.
Speaking at the working session with the delegation, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Tran
Dang Ninh asked Tan Lac authority to swiftly outline a project to promote
tourism development in upland communes, focusing on encouraging local household
to provide homestay services.
Tourism activities must ensure the preservation of typical culture and
environmental protection, he noted.
Source: VNA
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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