(HBO) – Tan Lac district, known as Muong Bi land in the past, aims to welcome about 270,000 visitors by 2025, earning some 85 billion VND from the tourism sector. To that end, the locality is working hard to lure more investments in tourism.

 


 Local residents and tourists attended the launching ceremony of green tours in Ngoi hamlet, Suoi Hoa last April.

Tan Lac is rich in historical traditions and has been seen as the core of the Hoa Binh culture. About 100km from Hanoi, the district serves as a gateway to the northwestern region. It is home to 19 landscapes, archaeological sites and cultural treasures of the Muong ethnic group.

In the past, tourists often flocked to Tan Lac in the spring to celebrate such festivals as the Muong Bi Khai Ha (going down to the field), the Lo Son stream fishing festival and the Ke Pagoda festival. However, Tan Lac now attracts visitors throughout the year as the locality has invested much in tourism. It has upgraded infrastructure and developed various tourism products like leisure tourism, cultural tourism, eco-tourism and community-based tourism, in combination with cultural preservation.

According to Dinh Son Tung, head of the district’s bureau of culture and sports, Tan Lac has formed tourism hamlets like Luy Ai in Phong Phu commune, Ngoi in Suoi Hoa commune, Chien in Van Son commune, and Buoi Cai in Phu Cuong commune, with more than 10 families offering homestay services.

Luy Ai hamlet has preserved more than 50 traditional stilt houses of the Muong ethnic group, along with tangible and intangible cultural heritage. It is one of the 20 hamlets recognised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as typical hamlets of ethnic groups nationwide.

Luy Ai has become a major tourism destination along National Highway 6, and part of the tourism network in the northwestern region.

Apart from Luy Ai, Tan Lac plans to roll out the community-based tourism model in other hamlets like Chieng, Ton Trong and Lu in Van Son commune, Bac Thung in Quyet Chien commune, Trang Ta in Nhan My commune, and Tham in Suoi Hoa commune.

Tourists will have chances to experience daily activities of locals, join traditional cultural festivals and explore traditional culture there. They also can go trekking, stroll or ride a bike around the villages. Those who love to discover local landscapes and cultures would love to explore Thac Bo, Hoa Tien, Nam Son and Muoi caves that have been recognised as national relic sites, and other provincial relic sites such as Nui Kien cave, Cot Co Mount, Trang waterfall, and the Ngoc Son-Ngo Luong nature reserve.

To get exotic experiences, visitors should visit the tourism-culture site in Ngoi hamlet, Suoi Hoa commune, where seven stilt houses have been standardized for tourism services. A water park and a floating restaurant have also been put into operation.

When the COVID-19 outbreak was basically put under control in Hoa Binh province last April, Hoa Binh Tourism Services JSC launched green tours in Ngoi Hoa, where holidaymakers can engage in water games and visit tourist sites.

With consensus of all-level Party committees, authorities and people in tapping tourism potential, Tan Lac has created its own attractiveness in tourism./.

 

 


 

(Member of the provincial journalists’ association)


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