(HBO) – The upland district of Da Bac possesses many key potentials and advantages to develop tourism. The scenes are natural, wild, and majestic, with the significant landscape of Da River water in freshly green, the large and small islands are undulating on the water like "Ha Long on land".
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Thac Bo Temple attracts a large number of
tourists.
The district has a rich and diverse natural
forest ecosystem, especially at Pu Canh Nature Reserve in the areas of Dong
Chum, Dong Ruong, Doan Ket, and Tan Pheo communes with a variety of precious
woods and populations of diverse animals and vegetation, whose values are
available for ecotourism development and scientific research. In particular,
this is the place where many ethnic groups have been living for a long time, including
four main ethnic groups of Tay, Muong, Kinh, and Dao. Each ethnic group has a
diverse culture, and typical identity. The villages are close to the nature
with custom activities, indigenous life style, and unique culture identities,
which are favorable for the development of community tourism.
In addition, the spiritual values are clearly
expressed in the lives of ethnic people. In particular, some typical places are
Thac Bo Temple - the provincial relics, Le Loi gravestone (Vay Nua commune),
which is a spiritual tourist attraction attracting thousands of visitors to
visit and go sightseeing at the beginning of the year. The district also has
national historical relics. In the district, there has initially formed many
major tourist attractions such as Bieu Mountain scenic spots, Lo Lan Cave, Ke
stream, Hien Luong commune; Sam Cave, Vom Cave, Toan Son commune; Ta Khop
waterfall, Dong Ruong commune; Than cave, Vay Nua commune; Lao Stream, Mua
Cave, Sung Cave, Cao Son Commune; Dua Island, Trang Trech village, Vay Nua
commune; Sung Cave (Robinson Tourism Destination), Tien Phong commune, etc.
Coming to Da Bac, visitors can come to the
community tourism destinations to be in harmony with nature beauty, feeling the
peaceful life, friendly and hospitable people through living activities,
costumes, unique ethnic cuisine in the village.
With the mobilization of all resources, the
potential and advantages of tourism have initially been exploited effectively
to contribute to improving the material and spiritual life of local people in
the area. Up to now, the district has 7 tourist accommodation establishments
with 47 guest rooms and 3 community tourism spots, 9 households doing community
service businesses in Hien Luong, Tien Phong and Cao Son communes.
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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