A historical site in Bac Giang (Photo: VNA) Tran Minh Ha, Director of the provincial Departmentof Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the plan is to build Bac Giang into animportant tourist destination on the Hanoi - Lang Son tourist route. To thatend, the province aims to build its local tourism brand of an attractivecultural - spiritual and ecological destination.
Accordingly, Bac Giang prioritises developing its typical tourism products such as a tour following the footsteps of King-MonkTran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), river sightseeing tours, eco- and golf tourismactivities, resorts, festivals, and tours to craft villages.
In the future, the province will pour capital intoexpanding five tourism spaces, including Tay Yen Tu in Son Dong, Luc Nam, Luc Nganand Yen Dung districts; agro-ecological tourism space; tourism space associatedwith 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 onenational tourism site in the province. It will also strive to complete theconstruction of the Tay Yen Tu spiritual and ecological tourism complex, andinvite investors to build sport, resort and spiritual entertainment complexesas well as hi-end hotels in Bac Giang city.
Ha went on to say that from now until the end of2022, the province will actively respond to the "Vietnamese people travelin Vietnam", "Bac Giang people travel in Bac Giang", "Scentof Summer Luc Ngan" programmes and Sweet Fruit Week 2022.
Sides involved in the local tourism sector, suchas businesses and accommodation and services providers, have been recommendedto improve the quality of their products and services.
The number of visitors to the province wasestimated at 900,000 in the first six months of this year, up 80% compared tothe same period last year. Of which, international tourists reached 11,000, up55% 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) During the 2016-2020 period, tourism became animportant economic sector with a high proportion in the local economic structure. The totalnumber of tourist arrivals was estimated at nearly 7.7 million, includingaround 83,000 foreigners and some 7.6 million domestic visitors, earning over 4trillion VND (171 million USD).
In 2016, the provincial People’s Committeeapproved a policy of investing in six tourism projects worth over 2.54 trillion VND. These included Tay Yen Tu spiritual - ecological tourism projectworth more than 1.48 trillion VND; Bac Ha hotel valued at around 40 billion VNDin Bac Giang city; Bac Ha – Yen Tu rest stop worth nearly 36 billion VND inTuan Mau commune, Son Dong district and Sun Resort worth 40 billion VND in YenLu 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 450billion VND on Nguyen Van Cu street, Bac Giang city.
Bac Giang province possesses huge potential tobuild various kinds of tourism products. For example, the Lang Son-Hanoi-HaiPhong-Quang Ninh economic corridor has stunning natural landscapes like Tay YenTu Natural Reserve, Khe Ro primitive forest, Dong Cao plateau, and Khuon Thanlake.
It is preserving a number of special culturalheritages, four of which were recognised by UNESCO as intangible culturalheritages. These include the stunning and emotional Quan Ho folk songs whichare unique to Bac Giang and worthy of branding as a tourism draw in their ownright. More musical features of the region include the Ca Tru (ceremonialsinging), Then singing and Vinh Nghiem pagoda’s woodblock.
The province is also home to nearly 2,300historical and cultural relics and a large number of beautiful landscapes.These features are in play to develop numerous tourism models such aseco-tourism, resorts, spiritual tourism and craft village tourism./.
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