(HBO) - Under the direction of the district's Party Committee, Cao Phong district will continue to follow the orientation of developing tourism into an important economic sector matching the local potential in the 2020 – 2025 period.
Specifically, the district aims to welcome 455,000 tourists and earn about 367 billion VND in revenue from tourism activities by 2025. The tourism – service sector will post an average growth rate of at least 15 percent, bringing its proportion in the local economy to 30 percent by 2025.
To accomplish the set goals for tourism development, all-level Party committees, authorities and people in the district will continue to implement Resolution No.04-NQ/HU, dated November 15, 2017 of the 27th district Party Congress on tourism development in the 2017 – 2020 period, with a vision to 2030.
Accordingly, attention will be paid to mobilising capital sources for tourism infrastructure, enhancing tourism promotion, adopting preferential policies to attract investment in tourism and focusing on developing tourism types that the district has advantages.
Statistics showed that the district welcomed about 1.61 million visitors in the 2016-2020 period and total revenue from tourism was estimated at over 140 billion VND (6.1 million USD)./.
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.
Da Bac district, bestowed with stunning landscapes, is developing ecological and resort tourism offerings. Several tourist sites, put into operation this year, has attracted throngs of high-spending and young domestic visitors.
