Tay identity helps Quynh Son tourist village step out into the world

VTV.vn - Quynh Son village, Lang Son province has just been honored by the United Nations Tourism Organization as "The best tourist village in the world 2025".

The gentle then singing with the lyrics “ Lang Son, Noong homeland…” leads visitors to Quynh Son valley – nestled in Lang Son UNESCO Global Geopark. Amidst the mountains and forests filled with birdsong, more than 400 hundred-year-old nghien wooden stilt houses of the Tay people are still preserved almost intact, creating a unique architectural complex that is rarely found anywhere else.

In Quynh Son, Mr. Duong Cong Chai is a pioneer in community tourism, opening a homestay right in his family's stilt house. From the initial small model, people gradually joined together to form the Quynh Son Community Tourism Cooperative, creating a new sustainable direction for the local economy .

Mr. Chai said that income from tourism is many times higher than that from traditional agricultural production: “One month of tourism is equal to more than one year of farming. People sell many products, such as yellow sticky rice – every year customers buy it all.”

According to Ms. Trieu Nguyet Nga , the households develop tourism based on the ancient stilt houses made from precious wood, facing the same direction, creating a harmonious and unique architectural whole. This is the foundation for the village to preserve its identity in the process of developing tourism.

After 15 years of transforming into a community tourism village, people’s lives have improved, but the most important thing is still preserving Tay culture. Mr. Chai shared: “Before, we were worried that our children would destroy the stilt houses to build modern houses. Now everyone is educated to preserve their identity: from stilt houses, cuisine to cultural values.”

From a small village in the middle of a valley in the Northeast, Quynh Son has today reached out to the world, telling the story of green tourism, identity tourism - where people and nature blend in the pristine beauty of Lang Son mountains and forests.

Source: https://vtv.vn/ban-sac-tay-giup-lang-du-lich-quynh-son-buoc-ra-the-gioi-100251205185533073.htm