Lo Lo Chai village 'unprecedentedly crowded'

Ha Giang's homestays were 100% full during the three-day holiday as tourists flocked to the newly emerging tourist village of Lo Lo Chai, making the place "unprecedentedly crowded".

On the afternoon of December 30, Mr. Nguyen Van Chinh, Vice Chairman of Dong Van District People's Committee, said that visitors flocked to Lo Lo Chai, a newly emerging tourist destination in Ha Giang, and booked all the homestays here for three nights, not to mention the number of visitors who only stopped by during the day. Lo Lo Chai village, Lung Cu commune, Dong Van district, is located near the northernmost point of Vietnam, about 1.5 km from Lung Cu flagpole, with 119 households and nearly 550 people.

Tourists at Lo Lo Chai village on the afternoon of December 30. Photo: LLC — Tourists at Lo Lo Chai village on the afternoon of December 30. Photo: *Bibi Ha Giang Tour*

According to the head of Lo Lo Chai village, more than 40 homestay businesses, with a capacity of up to more than 7,000 people, were fully booked from the night of December 29 until December 31. In 2023, the busiest time is the September 2 holiday, with about 600 guests. On weekdays, there are an average of 100-200 guests staying.

Lo Lo Chai still retains many traditional cultural features with rammed earth houses from many generations of Lo Lo people, thanks to good planning, combined with systematic tourism. The rammed earth houses here have been renovated by households, adding closed toilets, convenient for tourists to eat, stay, and live, but do not affect the exterior and overall architecture.

Not only Lo Lo Chai, other destinations in Ha Giang province such as Ha Giang city, Quan Ba, Yen Minh districts and especially Dong Van are also full of tourists. Traffic in the inner city is congested for a long time. The room occupancy rate is over 90%, of which Dong Van is 100% full during the 3-day holiday.

Traffic jam in Quan Ba area, Ha Giang, noon on December 30. Photo: *LLC*

Mr. Chinh added that since Covid-19, the number of tourists coming to Ha Giang, especially Dong Van district, during each holiday has been high. Because it has been calculated through the number of hotel bookings, Ha Giang tourism workers have a solution.

"The local traffic jam only lasts for a short time," said Mr. Chinh. There are many restaurants at tourist attractions, so visitors only have to "wait a short time."

It is expected that there will still be many tourists coming to Ha Giang tomorrow.

Tam Anh

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