Bao Yen is a land of many potentials and strengths to develop spiritual tourism and community tourism. The Executive Committee of Bao Yen District Party Committee, term XXII, term 2020 - 2025 has identified 4 breakthrough areas, in which developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector, taking the development of spiritual tourism and community tourism. do the focus.
In Bao Yen district, there are 3 national historical and cultural relics and 7 provincial historical and cultural relics. In particular, the complex of Bao Ha temple relics located at the gateway of the province and Bao Yen district along the Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway has been invested in restoration and embellishment, attracting more than 1 million people annually. tourists come to visit and worship.
On the basis of the potentials and advantages of the locality, the Party Committee and people of the ethnic minorities in Bao Yen district clearly defined the goal of striving to become a spiritual tourism center of the Northwest region. To achieve this goal, right after the XXII District Party Congress, term 2020-2025, Bao Yen District Party Committee requested Party committees and organizations to deeply grasp the contents of Resolution No. August 11 of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee on tourism development in Lao Cai province to 27, with a vision to 8 for officials and party members. Along with that, the Standing Board of the District Party Committee developed and issued a plan to implement Resolution No. 2021 dated August 2030, 2050 of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee; develop the project "Development of spiritual tourism and community tourism in association with conservation and promotion of cultural identity of ethnic minorities in Bao Yen district in the period of 11 - 27".
With the participation of the whole political system, after more than 2 years of implementing the Resolution of the XXII Bao Yen District Party Congress, specifically implementing the Project "Development of spiritual tourism and associated community tourism with with preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the ethnic minorities in Bao Yen district in the period of 2020 - 2025", by the end of 2022, the total number of tourists to Bao Yen has reached more than 1,2 million, revenue from epidemics Services and tourism is about 780 billion VND, of which about 98% of revenue comes from visitors, worshiping at spiritual tourist sites. It shows that this type of spiritual tourism has made a positive contribution to the sustainable development of the locality. People can actively participate in guest service activities at spiritual tourist destinations such as preparing for ceremonies, selling souvenirs, consuming local products, transportation services, and catering services.
Spiritual tourism has created jobs and direct income for local people, contributing to the economic restructuring from agriculture to service combination.
The initial results show that it is correct to set the goal of building Bao Yen to become a spiritual tourism center of the Northwest region and of the whole country. The problem is that Bao Yen district needs solutions to maximize this goal. Answering this question, Chairman of Bao Yen District People's Committee Tran Trong Thong said that first of all, it is necessary to quickly implement programs and projects to develop infrastructure of zones and relics in association with economic development goals. - society; proactively propose and report to the province specific priority guidelines and policies for the development of spiritual tourism and community tourism.
Along with that, mobilize resources and well implement investment planning to build infrastructure for tourism development. In which, priority is given to the formulation of projects on construction and development of community tourism in Nghia Do commune; continue to restore and embellish relics in the area, especially the national historical and cultural relic complex of Bao Ha Temple, Phuc Khanh Temple, Pho Rang Fort, Viet Tien Revolutionary Base area, Nghia Do Temple. ; organize surveys, investigate, classify, evaluate and synthesize tourism resources to serve as a basis for building tourism products, in which focusing on building documents for recognition of monuments and landscapes. and preserve the intangible cultural heritage in the district in association with tourism development...
Building a series of spiritual activities spanning the year; to step up the promotion, publicity and development of spiritual tourism in association with continuing to innovate the management of monuments and tourism development. Accordingly, the district established the Management Board of Monuments and Tourism Development, and established groups to directly manage the relics in the communes and townships. After more than 1 year of operation, with the specialization in activities of the Management Board of Monuments and Tourism Development, the revenue from relics in the area increased rapidly, from 41 billion VND (in 2019) to 68 billion VND. VND (in 2022); The number of visitors increased from 800.000 (in 2019) to 1,2 million (in 2022). It is worth mentioning that the infrastructure of monuments and tourist attractions is upgraded in the direction of modernity; a number of large-scale projects and works have been completed and put into use; service quality, tourism has changed positively, meeting the needs of tourists.
Revenue from relics in Bao Yen district increased rapidly, from VND 41 billion (in 2019) to VND 68 billion (in 2022); The number of visitors increased from 800.000 (in 2019) to 1,2 million (in 2022). It is worth mentioning that the infrastructure of monuments and tourist attractions is upgraded in the direction of modernity; a number of large-scale projects and works have been completed and put into use; service quality, tourism has changed positively, meeting the needs of tourists.
“The goal of building Bao Yen into a spiritual tourism center of the Northwest region and the whole country is unchanged on the basis of combining typical tourism products and strengths of the province and the district such as historical tourism. , cultural tourism, practice the beliefs of Mother Goddess worship, festivals and build prestigious tourism products and services of the district in the market. That is a solid basis for Bao Yen to strive for, by 2025, the total number of tourists coming to the area will reach 2,5 million, the revenue from tourism will reach 3.000 billion VND", said Chairman of Bao Yen District People's Committee - Tran Trong. Information confirmed.