Not only does Ha Giang have beautiful roads and majestic terraced fields, it also captivates international tourists with its unique ethnic culture - love songs on the Dong Van stone plateau.
"Using culture to develop tourism , using tourism to preserve and develop culture", from the above policy, in recent years Ha Giang has become an attractive destination for international visitors.
In 2023, Ha Giang was honored as "Asia's Leading Emerging Tourist Destination". In 2024, it continued to be nominated in the category of "Asia's Leading Regional Cultural Destination", this is a great opportunity for the Ha Giang tourism brand to position itself on the world tourism map.
The simple life of the people in Lao Xa village makes visitors feel healed - Photo: NAM TRAN
Love song on the stone plateau
Still retaining the wild, majestic features of the land at the head of the Fatherland with undulating mountain ranges, with villages immersed in the morning mist, with a diverse culture rich in identity of people born on rocks, living on rocks... Ha Giang is like a love song inviting tourists to explore.
Ha Giang is beautiful in every season. Spring is brilliant with peach blossoms, March with red cotton flowers and pear flowers. Summer is cool with the green of ancient trees. Autumn brings Ha Giang beauty with golden terraced fields, heavy with rice. And when winter comes, visitors can immerse themselves in the cold of the highlands, beside a flickering fire, experiencing the indigenous culture.
This land is home to 19 ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has its own unique traditional culture, many heritages are listed in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity and the country including festivals, folk songs and dances...
An idyllic evening through the eyes of international tourists at Lao Xa ancient house - Photo: NAM TRAN
Kapok flowers "light up" the mountain range surrounding Tu San gorge - Photo: NAM TRAN
Turn simple beauty into tourism products
According to Chairman of Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Son, Ha Giang advocates promoting green and sustainable tourism growth, creating strong changes in service quality; building and positioning Ha Giang tourism brand associated with a unique, dominant image imbued with national cultural identity.
More and more people are born on the rocks, grow up on the rocks, go far away to learn and return to Ha Giang to turn the simple things of the village into tourism products.
Ms. Trieu Thi Tinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Giang province - said that many young people have started their own businesses in local tourism. They have chosen tourism to preserve culture and use culture to develop tourism.
The unique moss-roofed house of Xa Phin village has also become an attractive tourism product - Photo: NAM TRAN
With a clear development orientation and the strength of youth returning to their homeland, Ha Giang tourism is taking off. In the first 6 months of 2024 alone, Ha Giang welcomed nearly 1.7 million visitors. Of which, there were nearly 223,000 international visitors and over 1.4 million domestic visitors. Total tourism revenue is estimated at 4,200 billion VND.
Ha Giang is continuously listed and ranked as one of the world's most attractive tourist destinations. The New York Times ranked Ha Giang in the top 25/52 most attractive destinations in the world in 2023. Nam Dam Village VHDL Village received the 3rd ASEAN Award for Community Tourism (2023). In September 2023, Ha Giang received the award "Asia's Leading Emerging Tourist Destination".
This year, Ha Giang continues to be nominated in the category of "Asia's Leading Regional Cultural Destination". The recognition of international tourists for Ha Giang increasingly affirms the position of the rocky plateau on the world tourism map.
Nguyen Hien
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ha-giang-co-gi-de-duoc-de-cu-diem-den-du-lich-hang-dau-chau-a-20240728203115628.htm
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