Community tourism key to villages’ development

With the preservation of unique traditional cultural features, the Dao Homestay and H'Mong Village in Quan Ba, honored as ASEAN green hotels in 2017 and 2022 respectively, have become attractive destinations for domestic and foreign tourists.

Springtime in Quan Ba ​​District

Ha Giang has adopted various policies to develop community-based tourism in accordance with the model of typical cultural tourism villages. Quan Ba ​was a provincial pioneer in developing community tourism in association with promoting tangible and intangible cultural values.

The district attaches great importance to preserving and developing traditional handicraft products such as linen weaving of the H’Mong ethnic group in Lung Tam and Can Ty communes, Thanh Van corn wine in Quan Ba ​​Commune, and Thanh Long honey in Thanh Van Commune. It has also restored traditional festivals of the H’Mong, Tay, Dao, Nung, and Bo Y ethnic groups, attracting investment to develop tourism infrastructure.

Quan Ba ​​District data show that the average income of households providing homestay services is about VND50-100 million a year, contributing significantly to improved living standards for the district’s ethnic minorities.

Visitors to Quan Ba ​​District

Visitors to Quan Ba ​​District enjoy clean tiled roads leading to local residents’ houses, which are decorated with unique cultural products. In some villages, local residents teach each other and perform traditional songs for tourists.

Ha Giang Province currently has 35 community-based cultural and tourism villages. Nam Luong Village of Quan Ba District, a community cultural tourism village associated with the preservation of the Bo Y ethnic group, hopes to contribute to the province’s attractive tourism product chain.

The H'Mong Village resort with basket-shaped houses

The policy on rapid development of tourism services in Quan Ba ​​is an opportunity for the ​​district to preserve, exploit and promote traditional cultural values, create jobs, raise incomes and improve rural residents’ lives. This is also an important strategy for achieving Quan Ba ​​District’s economic restructuring in order to reduce the proportion of agriculture and forestry, and increase the proportion of industry, construction, trade and services.