A historical site in Bac Giang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The northern
province of Bac Giang is set to take a series of measures to create a breakthrough in tourism
development and turning it into a key economic sector, a provincial official has said.
Tran Minh Ha, Director of the provincial Department
of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the plan is to build Bac Giang into an
important tourist destination on the Hanoi – Lang Son tourist route. To that
end, the province aims to build its local tourism brand of an attractive
cultural – spiritual and ecological destination.
Accordingly, Bac Giang prioritises developing its typical tourism products such as a tour following the footsteps of King-Monk
Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), river sightseeing tours, eco- and golf tourism
activities, resorts, festivals, and tours to craft villages.
In the future, the province will pour capital into
expanding five tourism spaces, including Tay Yen Tu in Son Dong, Luc Nam, Luc Ngan
and Yen Dung districts; agro-ecological tourism space; tourism space associated
with Yen The Uprising; space for tourism, sports and entertainment services;
and Quan ho (love duet) cultural space.
Bac Giang will work on the formation of at least one
national tourism site in the province. It will also strive to complete the
construction of the Tay Yen Tu spiritual and ecological tourism complex, and
invite investors to build sport, resort and spiritual entertainment complexes
as well as hi-end hotels in Bac Giang city.
Ha went on to say that from now until the end of
2022, the province will actively respond to the “Vietnamese people travel
in Vietnam“, “Bac Giang people travel in Bac Giang”, “Scent
of Summer Luc Ngan” programmes and Sweet Fruit Week 2022.
Sides involved in the local tourism sector, such
as businesses and accommodation and services providers, have been recommended
to improve the quality of their products and services.
The number of visitors to the province was
estimated at 900,000 in the first six months of this year, up 80% compared to
the same period last year. Of which, international tourists reached 11,000, up
55% year-on-year and domestic visitors hit 889,000, an increase 75%
year-on-year. The room occupancy rate was estimated at 75%.
Tourists take a boat to visit Cam Son Lake in Luc Ngan, Bac Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
The province is striving to turn tourism into one
of its pillar economic sector.
During the 2016-2020 period, tourism became an
important economic sector with a high proportion in the local economic structure. The total
number of tourist arrivals was estimated at nearly 7.7 million, including
around 83,000 foreigners and some 7.6 million domestic visitors, earning over 4
trillion VND (171 million USD).
In 2016, the provincial People’s Committee
approved a policy of investing in six tourism projects worth over 2.54 trillion VND. These included Tay Yen Tu spiritual – ecological tourism project
worth more than 1.48 trillion VND; Bac Ha hotel valued at around 40 billion VND
in Bac Giang city; Bac Ha – Yen Tu rest stop worth nearly 36 billion VND in
Tuan Mau commune, Son Dong district and Sun Resort worth 40 billion VND in Yen
Lu commune, Yen Dung district.
The province also added new sites, including Khe Hang Dau ecological area worth over 497 billion VND in Nham Son commune,
Yen Dung district, and a smart hotel and shopping mall complex worth 450
billion VND on Nguyen Van Cu street, Bac Giang city.
Bac Giang province possesses huge potential to
build various kinds of tourism products. For example, the Lang Son-Hanoi-Hai
Phong-Quang Ninh economic corridor has stunning natural landscapes like Tay Yen
Tu Natural Reserve, Khe Ro primitive forest, Dong Cao plateau, and Khuon Than
lake.
It is preserving a number of special cultural
heritages, four of which were recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural
heritages. These include the stunning and emotional Quan Ho folk songs which
are unique to Bac Giang and worthy of branding as a tourism draw in their own
right. More musical features of the region include the Ca Tru (ceremonial
singing), Then singing and Vinh Nghiem pagoda’s woodblock.
The province is also home to nearly 2,300
historical and cultural relics and a large number of beautiful landscapes.
These features are in play to develop numerous tourism models such as
eco-tourism, resorts, spiritual tourism and craft village tourism./.
