Linking to promote the cultural heritage value of terraced fields in the Northwest region

The workshop "Promoting the value of cultural heritage and scenic terraced fields in the Northwestern provinces in tourism development linkage" associated with the announcement of the expanded Northwestern tourism products in 2023 was recently held in Ha Giang.

The workshop was organized by the tourism development cooperation group of 8 expanded Northwest provinces and Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of Mr. Hoang Gia Long, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Giang province; Nguyen Le Phuc, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism; leaders of the People's Committee and Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of 8 expanded Northwest provinces; travel businesses, experts, and domestic and foreign tourism researchers...

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Delegates perform the ceremony to announce two tourism products linking the Northwest region in 2023. (Source: Tourism Information Center)

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Permanent Vice Chairman of Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee Hoang Gia Long emphasized that the extended Northwest region, including 8 provinces: Ha Giang, Phu Tho, Dien Bien , Hoa Binh, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La and Yen Bai, possesses great tourism potential with majestic nature, unique culture and heroic history.

In recent years, implementing the Program of cooperation in tourism development between 8 extended Northwestern provinces and Ho Chi Minh City, tourism in the provinces of the region has improved a lot, contributing to preserving indigenous culture, creating momentum for growth and economic restructuring in localities.

In particular, the provinces in the region have tens of thousands of hectares of terraced fields, of which three locations, Mu Cang Chai district with nearly 2,200 hectares, Hoang Su Phi district with nearly 765 hectares and Sa Pa with nearly 1,000 hectares, are recognized as National Landscapes. This is a great potential for the provinces to link up and develop tourism.

At the workshop, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Le Phuc said that the extended Northwest region has rich and diverse tourism resources in both natural and human resources with majestic natural landscapes, unique terrain, geology, climate, ecosystem, unique culture and heroic history.

Many tourist attractions in the 8 provinces of the Northwest region have been voted by domestic and international travel magazines as attractive destinations for tourists, such as: Hung Temple Historical Relic Site (Phu Tho province); Fansipan peak known as the roof of Indochina, Sapa city in the clouds (Lao Cai province); Mu Cang Chai terraced fields (Yen Bai province); Dong Van stone plateau (Ha Giang province)...

Most recently, Ha Giang was awarded Asia's Leading Emerging Tourism Destination 2023 by the World Travel Awards (WTA).

According to Deputy Director Nguyen Le Phuc, the workshop associated with the announcement of the expanded Northwest tourism products in 2023 is an important activity of the region to implement Resolution No. 82/NQ-CP of the Government on the main tasks and solutions to accelerate recovery and accelerate effective and sustainable tourism development in the direction of "Unique products - Professional services - Convenient and simple procedures - Competitive prices - Clean and beautiful environment - Safe, civilized and friendly destinations".

Deputy Director Nguyen Le Phuc believes that the expanded Northwestern provinces will continue to promote the strength of the linkage program, taking advantage of opportunities to continue developing new, high-quality, value-added tourism services and products with the unique identity of the region, focusing on exploiting the terraced fields system to become a unique tourism product with its own brand, associated with "cultural stories" on the basis of exploiting the traditional values of the ethnic communities in the Northwestern region.

At the workshop, delegates all agreed that terraced fields in the Northwest region have a unique and majestic beauty, crystallized from the culture and labor of the highland people.

Delegates focused on discussing and proposing a number of solutions to promote tourism development linkages from terraced fields such as: building tours and connecting routes between locations with beautiful terraced fields; focusing on investing in building infrastructure for tourism such as roads, telecommunications services, accommodation and food establishments; preserving and promoting indigenous cultural identities, enhancing the restoration and performance of traditional festivals imbued with identity, creating highlights to attract tourists; stepping up the promotion and introduction of tourism products and terraced fields to domestic and foreign tourists...

Within the framework of the workshop, a ceremony was held to announce two tourism products linking the Northwest region in 2023: the tour "Journey connecting the Northwest national terraced field heritage area" (Hanoi - Phu Tho - Nghia Lo - Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) - Than Uyen, Tam Duong, Phong Tho (Lai Chau) - Sa Pa, Bac Ha (Lao Cai) - Xin Man, Hoang Su Phi (Ha Giang) - Hanoi) and the tour "Majestic Northwest" (Hanoi - Hoa Binh - Son La - Dien Bien - Lai Chau - Sa Pa, Bac Ha (Lao Cai) - Xin Man, Hoang Su Phi (Ha Giang) - Hanoi).

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