(HBO) - Ke village is located in Hien Luong commune, Da Bac district. It is the home of 80 households of Muong ethnic group. Ke village has an area of 700 hectares, located closely to Da River reservoir, which becomes a favorable place to admire the beauty of the lake from above and also explore the majestic mountains and forests, contact with friendly and hospitable people. Ke village is an ideal destination on the route to discover, experience the nature, culture in the area of Hoa Binh Lake. Going to the village of Ke, you will be harmonious in the life of local people and natural scenery, which is considered as a beautiful scenery picture, bringing a sense of peace, dispelling the chaos, worries in the city.
Children are excited to play games in Ke village,
Hien Luong commune (Da Bac).
After coming to Hoa Binh city, Ke village is
accessible by road or waterway. Now, there are 3 families in Ke village who are
involved in community tourism business. Although it has been operating for some
years now, there are many interesting tourist products. Mr. Dinh Quy Huu, the
owner of Huu Thao homestay said: Visitors visiting, experiencing the culture,
nature in Ke village are mainly students, pupils, families in groups,
especially they are so crowded at weekends. They visited Ke village happily and
arranged to return.
The Homestay owners in Ke village will
introduce you to interesting alternative types of experiences. You can find the
feeling of relaxation when rowing to the silent, quiet cliffs to fish with
local people. Or you can participate in array swimming, boat rowing to explore
the spacious reservoir. Or you can walk to watch the grass, flowers, along with
local people picking bamboo shoots, catching river fish, participating in
cooking Lam rice, grilling fish, fire camping, singing. Children can play with
mud, pick wildflowers, chase butterflies, catch dragonflies, play folk games
which is so rare in the towns, bringing laughter in nature. The couples can
drop themselves on the green grass, watching stars sky, kissing passionately,
dream about their future. If you want, you can go fishing with the local
people, pull the fish cage at night, watching the immense and silent lake.
It is also very interesting to spend a fire
camp night with the local people in harmony with the rhythm or singing together
in the sound of the guitar. Then you will fall asleep under the roof of the
stilt house floor, in the fresh, gentle and calm air, which makes you feel so
impressed and promising about your return.
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.