Hoa Binh’s tourism sees impressive recovery after pandemic

9/12/2022 - 5:46:19 PM

(HBO) - Hoa Binh’s tourism sector has recorded an impressive recovery from the second quarter of 2022.

Tourists staying at Mai Chau Hideaway Resort are kayaking on Hoa Binh Lake.

Hoa Binh boasts beautiful natural landscapes and unique culture. The northern province has fully tapped its potential and advantages and diversified products and services, contributing to further promoting local tourism development.

Four-star Serena Resort – the "resort paradise” in the Northwest region, becomes a familiar place for tourists who love entertainment-resort tourism every weekend.

Thanks to the poetic landscape integrated with diverse services and professional service style, the resort is very popular with tourists. The average occupancy rate is over 70%, and is always full during long holidays.

Other tourist resorts such as Avana Retreat, Ba Khan Villa Resort, Mai Chau Hideaway in Mai Chau district; and An Lac Ecofarm Hot and Spring in Kim Boi district; Ivory Villas & Resort, Sun Set, Phoenix Golf Phoenix in Luong Son district; Hasu Villas in Hoa Binh city, are also popular with visitors.

Community-based tourism sites in Hoa Binh are also attractive to tourists.

According to Vice Chairman of the Da Bac district People’s Committee Ban Kim Quy, the local authority has worked hard to boost post-COVID-19 tourism recovery.

Da Bac welcomed over 20,000 tourists, including foreigners, after travel restrictions were lifted, Quy said.

A series of culture and sport activities, and tourism promotion programmes and fairs have been organised in Hoa Binh recently to lure tourists.

Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui Xuan Truong said along with the province's efforts to organise tourism stimulus events, diversifying tourism products has helped speed up tourism recovery and lure more holiday-makers to Hoa Binh.

In the first half of 2022, Hoa Binh welcomed over 1.8 million visitors, equivalent to 71% of the yearly plan. The locality raked in nearly 2 trillion VND (nearly 84.99 million USD) in the period, up 124.5% year-on-year./.

Building trademark for Hoa Binh Lake tourism site

Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.

Mai Chau district taps into cultural resources to develop tourism

Mai Chau is a mountainous district and home to many ethnic groups such as Thai, Muong, Kinh, Mong, Dao, and Tay with distinctive cultural identities, creating a diverse and unique cultural treasure. Aware of its advantages, the district has paid attention to the preservation and promotion of ethnic groups’ cultural values so that culture will become a leverage for tourism and contribute to socio-economic development and life quality improvement.

Being attractive with the tourism products of high quality in Luong Son district

Hoa Binh tourism has been attracting foreign tourists

"Bottlenecks" removed to facilitate investment projects in Hoa Binh Lake tourist area

According to the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Planning and Investment, in Hoa Binh Lake tourist area, there are currently 16 licensed or certified service, cultural and tourism investment projects with a land use area of about 1,444 hectares, and a total capital of over 3.3 trillion VND (133.5 million USD). In addition to investment attraction, the province is speeding up the implementation of projects so as to realise a goal of developing Hoa Binh Lake tourist area into a national one.

Season of Ban flower in Mai Chau attracts crowds of visitors

These days, tourist attractions in Mai Chau district, especially those highlighted by the charming and romantic white Ban (Bauhinia) flower blossoms, are attracting a large number of visitors from across the country. Visiting these sites, tourists can immerse themselves in the pristine and majestic beauty of nature.