In 2023, Ha Long City strives to welcome 8.5 million visitors, with revenue reaching 18,700 billion VND. Currently, the city is proactively renewing tourism products, continuing to exploit the maximum advantages of natural landscapes, culture, people and new traffic routes put into use. From there, expand tourism space Develop new, diverse, unique, highly competitive tourism types and products suitable for each segment of the tourist market, limit seasonality, and increase sustainability for city tourism.
The Thanh Y Dao Cultural Reserve in Bang Ca Commune is one of the attractive indigenous cultural tourism destinations in Ha Long City. This place preserves the unique cultural values of the Thanh Y Dao ethnic group and is a place for community cultural activities to help connect feelings and spread the cultural beauty of the indigenous Dao people. Last April, a number of travel companies began welcoming tourists to visit and experience the reserve.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Director of Tan Hong Company Limited, Quang Ninh Branch, said: We have brought a number of cruise ship tourist groups to visit and experience the cultural identity of the Dao Thanh Y ethnic group. The groups visited the model of planting yellow camellia trees and enjoying yellow camellia tea, the model of making traditional wine and visited the Dao Thanh Y Cultural Conservation Area, explored the traditional 3-roof house architecture of the Dao people, experienced foot bath with medicinal herbs, enjoyed ethnic dishes, immersed in cultural and artistic activities and traditional costumes of the Dao Thanh Y people. International tourists were very excited about these activities.
Along with Bang Ca, Ky Thuong is one of the favorite destinations of tourists because of its beautiful natural scenery, fresh air, and quietness, different from the city. In addition, the cultural values of ethnic minorities here are also exploited in parallel with ecological values, becoming unique tourism products. Here, a number of units have invested in building and developing tourism products with the characteristics of the indigenous people's style. One can mention Ky Thuong Am Vap farm tourist area with a wooden stilt house design and a campus of nearly 2,000m2 serving food, accommodation, and entertainment services. After experiencing nature, visitors are welcomed by staff who are the locals in traditional Dao costumes. At the same time, they can visit the community house where costumes and production tools are displayed, listen to an introduction to indigenous culture, and watch and learn brocade embroidery with local women.
To attract tourists to this area, transportation is an important driving force to strengthen tourism connections, promote economic development, and improve people's lives. Therefore, the city has focused resources on implementing essential projects, such as: Road connecting National Highway 279 to Provincial Highway 342; upgrading Goc Muong Dam, Hamlet 1, Dan Chu Commune; upgrading Dong Cao - Do Bang Road, Thong Nhat Commune; installing lighting system on National Highway 279 (section from Km5+400 to Km13+800)... In 2022 alone, the city will allocate 723 billion VND to invest in communes, villages, and hamlets in ethnic minority and mountainous areas associated with the New Rural Development Program.
In the first 6 months of 2023, the number of tourists to Ha Long is estimated at 4.1 million, equal to 124.4% over the same period in 2022. Total revenue from tourism activities is estimated at 9,100 billion VND, equal to 157% over the same period in 2022. |
It is known that the Project on tourism development in Ha Long City to 2025, with a vision to 2030, identifies the conservation and exploitation of the World Natural Heritage of Ha Long Bay as the core factor to develop Ha Long into a civilized and friendly tourist city, a national tourist center of international stature, taking Dong Son - Ky Thuong Nature Reserve with its natural landscape, diverse and rich natural resources, with its unique cultural identity, and long-standing historical traditions of indigenous people as the basis for effectively exploiting the interconnected landscape environment of forests - mountains, rivers, and bays; continuing to take domestic tourism as the internal force to maintain the activities of the tourism industry.
Along with the tourist attractions in the North, the city will make the most of destinations in the suburbs such as Loi Am Pagoda and Yen Lap Lake. According to Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan, Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Ha Long City, the locality has also developed a plan to link with tourist attractions, establish routes, and connect sightseeing spots between Ha Long Bay and the mountainous and forest areas, along with enhancing the effectiveness of tourist markets. At the same time, new tourist routes have been proposed, such as: Ha Long Bay - City Center; Ha Long Bay - Loi Am Pagoda and Yen Lap Lake - Bang Ca Commune. Thereby, bringing visitors a variety of experiences, from modern, classy entertainment areas, historical relics, and traditional cultural symbols of the mining working class; to immersing themselves in the scenery, clouds, nature, culture, and unique people of the ethnic groups in Ha Long (Dao Thanh Y, Dao Thanh Phan). From there, affirm and create an impression of a civilized, friendly and modern Ha Long.
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