Attending the festival of the village's tutelary god and worshiping the forbidden forest in Hop Thanh commune, Ms. Le Thu Hang (Kim Tan ward, Lao Cai city) shared: Knowing about the festival through friends, my family came here. I really like festivals like this because there are many unique cultural features of the ethnic groups. In addition, Hop Thanh is not far from the city center, so it is convenient for traveling. In general, Hop Thanh is a destination that many people choose to experience with their families on holidays and weekends. In particular, the commune has a market on Sundays, which is no different from a highland market, so my family and I often come here.
Located in the border area of Hop Thanh and Ta Phoi communes, Hop Thanh - Ta Phoi market is a unique market that attracts many tourists, local ethnic minorities and urban residents to visit and shop every weekend. At the market, local people sell agricultural products made by their families and some mountain products such as red banana flowers, wild orchids, lingzhi mushrooms, black ginseng, etc.
Not only are markets and festivals organized, in recent times, Hop Thanh commune has preserved the culture of the local Xa Pho, Giay, Tay, and Dao ethnic groups to create products aimed at developing community tourism. Typical examples include the incense-making village of the Giay ethnic group, the brocade-making village of the Xa Pho ethnic group, the carpentry and bamboo weaving village of the Tay people, etc. In addition, the commune has also mobilized a number of households to develop experiential sightseeing services, enjoy local ethnic cuisine, and exploit the natural landscape of the forest and Nam Ria waterfall, etc.
Mr. Nong Van Vang, Secretary of the Party Cell of Cang 1 Village, Hop Thanh Commune, said: Through the propaganda of the Party Committee and local authorities, the people in the village have raised their awareness of environmental protection, developed a number of products such as making humpbacked Chung cake, black Chung cake, corn cake, and opened recreational fishing services to serve tourists, increasing income.
Ms. Nong Thi Thu Ha, Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Hop Thanh Commune, said that Hop Thanh is a suburban area of Lao Cai City with agricultural strengths but has many natural conditions and potentials to develop community tourism. In order to build the commune into a tourist destination near the city, every year the commune mobilizes the people to do a good job of building new rural areas, creating a "green - clean - beautiful" environment to create a premise to attract tourists, at the same time developing clubs to preserve cultural identity, cultural rituals of indigenous people towards tourism development.
In addition, the traffic routes connecting to the commune have been invested in and upgraded to be clean and beautiful in the process of building new rural areas. The local government has many innovations in management and organization of cultural and artistic activities. The rich cultural beauty exists in every corner of the villages. All of these help to attract tourists every time they come to Hop Thanh.
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