Mu Cang Chai [Part 2]: Spectacular scenery

Friendly local people

In recent years, the tourism potential of Mu Cang Chai district (Yen Bai) has begun to be exploited into tourism products. With the policy of developing "green - identity - safety - friendly" tourism, Mu Cang Chai has welcomed millions of visitors to visit, relax and experience.

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After the Covid pandemic, the number of visitors to Mu Cang Chai has increased. In 2022 alone, Mu Cang Chai district welcomed and served over 350,000 visitors, and the revenue from tourism has also reached VND 270 billion.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Lan, a tourist from Phu Tho, said that this place attracts her with its magnificent natural landscape of terraced fields, immense green of mountains and forests with the pristine values ​​of nature and people. The peace and closeness of nature and people make her feel relaxed and comfortable. Surely, she will return here in the following tourist seasons.

According to local statistics, the average spending of tourists coming to Mu Cang Chai ranges from VND 300,000 - 1,500,000/person/day (For tourists traveling during the day: average VND 300,000/person/day, for domestic tourists staying on average VND 1,000,000/person/day and night, for international tourists staying VND 1,500,000/person/day and night).

If in 2016 the district's tourism revenue only reached over VND 60 billion, by 2020 it will increase to VND 100 billion, and in 2022 it will reach VND 270 billion. However, the level of revenue from tourism is not commensurate with the tourism potential of the district, because tourism products and services in the local are still poor, with few added services, tourism revenue is mainly from food and accommodation.

By 2023, the entire district will have over 900 commercial and service business households, including more than 100 motels, homestays, and more than 70 restaurants providing food and beverage services, meeting the needs of over 5,000 visitors/day. In addition, other services such as tourist transportation and souvenir business services are also gradually developing.

Mr. Giang A De in La Pan Tan commune - the owner of Helo Mu Cang Chai hometay tourism facility, located at an altitude of more than 1,000m, around the area he grows wild peaches and buckwheat. Mr. De shared: the houses in the tourist area are designed with pine wood in the traditional style of the Mong people to impress visitors.

Mr. De also associates with households in the village to create a closed tourism chain. Visitors can experience stream fishing, practice the steps of growing rice on terraced fields such as plowing, cultivating rice, harvesting rice and enjoy national dishes.

Welcoming international tourists

Ms. Luong Thi Xuyen - the Vice Chairwoman of Mu Cang Chai District People's Committee said that the good news is that currently the international tourist market to the locality accounts for about 15 - 20% of the total number of visitors. International visitors access the region through cross-Vietnam tours by road from the capital Hanoi and provinces in the Northern Midlands and Mountains.

Tourists are mainly from Europe (France, England, Germany), America (USA, Canada), China, and a few from Korea and Japan with the main purpose of exploring the terraced fields; learn traditional culture, experience community tourism; adventure travel; scientific research. The main international tourist attractions are Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge eco-tourism area, Thai Kim Noi village, Khau Pha paragliding adventure tourist destination...

Ms. Hanzawa Satomi, a volunteer with the Japan International Cooperation Organization Zica (a volunteer who supports people in developing community tourism and connecting Japanese tourists to Mu Cang Chai) commented: Besides the tourism potential bestowed by nature, Mu Cang Chai is also a land with a long history associated with the development history of the Mong and Thai ethnic groups. Historical and cultural values ​​are some of the most important human resources to exploit for tourism development.

With the goal of "Developing green, unique, safe and friendly tourism", Mu Cang Chai strives to become a tourist district by 2025. By 2025, Mu Cang Chai strives to welcome and serve 300,000 tourists, of which about 60,000 are international tourists, with an average tourist growth rate of 12%/year. Revenue from tourism reached about VND 400 billion.