The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
Nguyen Van Toan,
Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and leaders of departments
and sectors learn about difficulties and obstacles in implementing the Hoa Binh
Lake resort and eco-tourism project of Lac Hong JSC.
A community-based
tourist site in Sung village, Cao Son commune (Da Bac district).
According to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, the Hoa Binh
Lake tourism area has 16 service, culture, and tourism investment projects
granted investment certificates worth over 3.3 trillion VND (132.3 million
USD), which cover an area of 1,444ha. Projects aim to meet the demand of resort tourism and entertainment service
associated with afforestation, forest protection, cultural identity
preservation, and spiritual tourism.
Although it has attracted several corporations and businesses to invest in
large-scale tourism projects, the implementation of projects remains slow, and
not guaranteed the committed schedule. Recently, to facilitate the implementation of key tourism investment projects,
particularly those within the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area, officials from the
provincial People's Committee and representatives of relevant departments and
agencies, inspected three large-scale investment projects in the site,
including the Binh Thanh eco-resort project by Mora Group JSC in Cao Phong
district, the Ngoi Hoa eco-tourism project by Hoang Son Energy
Investmentand TradingConstruction JSC, and the Hoa Binh Lake
ecotourism resort project by Lac Hong Investment JSC in Tan Lac district.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, affirmed
that the province will firmly direct all relevant agencies and departments to
provide maximum support in terms of procedures to ensure the progress of these
projects.
As scheduled, the Ngoi Hoa eco-tourism project’s first phase will be put into
operation in the third quarter of 2024, providing top-notch services. It is
expected to become an idealyear-rounddestination.
Construction of several other key projects is scheduled to commence this year,
promising to offer high-quality services such as yacht tours, kiteboarding,
paragliding, windsurfing, and a high-speed water park slide, outdoor swimming
pools, and beauty spa, among others.
In recent years, community-based tourism, sports tourism, and agricultural and
rural tourism in Hoa Binh have attracted the interest of young people and
foreign tourists.
Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism products and activities
in the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area have been resumed, and stably maintained.
Some tourism products have contributed to connecting road and waterway tourism
routes.
The tourism area is forecast to welcome over 500,000 visitors per year in the
coming years.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.
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 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.
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.
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