Entering 2025, Cao Bang tourism will take the lead in new opportunities, creating momentum to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector according to the Key Program of the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025.
Attractive green tourist destination…
In 2024, Cao Bang was voted by the international press as one of the top attractive tourist destinations in Southeast Asia with many wild, majestic, beautiful natural landscapes - green tourism and indigenous cultural experiences. Promoting the strength of green tourism, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Management Board of Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark (CVDC) actively advised and coordinated with departments, branches and sectors to mobilize units, enterprises, business households and people at the famous destination of Cao Bang to actively protect natural resources and the environment; improve the quality of tourism services; implement UNESCO's recommendations on protecting and promoting the heritage values of UNESCO Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark - Comrade Nong Thi Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.
Responding to green tourism, Mr. Vu Khac Thanh, owner of Me homestay, Pac Bo hamlet, Truong Ha commune (Ha Quang) said: The reason my homestay is chosen by tourists is because of the beautiful nature at the foot of the mountain, in front of the stream. To enhance the beauty of the landscape of the homestay, I invested in planting more flowers and ornamental plants, so that the yard, garden, stream bank... have blooming flowers in every season, creating a beautiful scene for guests to check in, relax, and protect nature.
At the 3 special national relic sites of Pac Bo (Ha Quang), Tran Hung Dao forest (Nguyen Binh), 1950 Border Victory Site (Thach An), homestays, hotels, restaurants, key tourist attractions of Ban Gioc waterfall, Nguom Ngao cave, Mat Than mountain (Trung Khanh), Ba Quang grass hill (Ha Lang), Phja Oac - Phja Den National Park (Nguyen Binh), Khau Coc Cha pass (Bao Lac) ..., units, enterprises, business households and local people actively protect the natural environment, collect waste, plant many flowers, ornamental plants, create green - clean - beautiful landscapes to enhance the beauty of the natural landscape of each destination ... Thereby creating new tourism products for visitors to use electric cars, bicycles, horseback riding to experience, admire the beautiful natural scenery at tourist destinations, satisfying visitors.
Ms. Angaz, a Polish tourist, excitedly said: Before coming to Cao Bang, I went on social networks to see that Cao Bang has many beautiful natural landscapes and unique indigenous cultures. When I came to Cao Bang to experience, I was even more overwhelmed by the Mountain God's Eye, Ban Gioc Waterfall, Nguom Ngao Cave (Trung Khanh), Pac Bo National Special Relic Site... the wild and majestic beauty, friendly people, actively protecting the environment. The cuisine is made from local, pure natural foods that are good for health, so I really love Cao Bang.
…towards sustainable development and climate change
Developing green tourism is the basis for Cao Bang to promote sustainable tourism, proactively adapt and combat global climate change to be widely spread to international friends. At the time of the 8th International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geopark Network in the Asia-Pacific region in Cao Bang (APGN-8) in September 2024, the North, including Cao Bang, suffered heavy damage due to storm No. 3. Cao Bang reported to more than 600 domestic and international delegates attending the APGN-8 Conference on its efforts over more than 6 years (2018 - 2024) to effectively implement UNESCO recommendations on protecting environmental resources and the value of geopark heritage, thus preserving the pristine beauty of geological heritage and biodiversity as a basis for developing the agricultural and forestry economy associated with developing green tourism, creating livelihoods for thousands of ethnic minorities, reducing the pressure of dependence on natural resource exploitation.
From the effectiveness of implementing UNESCO's recommendations, Cao Bang was highly appreciated by the UNESCO Global Geopark Network Council (GNN) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the APGN-8 Conference. International delegates chose Cao Bang as a model Geopark for developing green tourism associated with adaptation and combating climate change to build the "Cao Bang Declaration" with 8 contents. In which, combating climate change and enhancing the role and rights of ethnic minorities in protecting cultural heritage values, geological heritage to develop sustainable green tourism, together with protecting the earth were put on the top priority task to recommend the Geoparks of participating countries to implement. The "Cao Bang Declaration" was unanimously responded to by all domestic and international delegates and has a wide influence in promoting the image of Cao Bang developing green tourism, connecting geoparks of countries around the world in tourism, cooperation, twinning, and investment - Mr. Guy Martini, General Secretary of the GNN Council commented.
Responding to the development of green tourism associated with climate change prevention, Chairman of Nguyen Binh District People's Committee Dao Nguyen Phong said: Nguyen Binh is located in the "Phja Oac - the mountain area of changes" experiential tourism route of Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark, which was severely damaged by the circulation after storm No. 3 (September 2024). Therefore, the district has stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to actively produce agriculture and forestry to develop green tourism associated with protecting natural resources and the environment for reconstruction, restoration and socio-economic development. Currently, the beautiful landscapes of Phja Oac - Phja Den National Park; bamboo forest, Hoai Khao community tourism site, Dao Tien ethnic group, Quang Thanh commune; Tran Hung Dao National Special Forest Monument, Kolia Eco-tourism Area and more than 10 majestic mountain scenic spots of the Geopark heritage in the district still retain their pristine beauty to attract thousands of tourists right after storm No. 3.
With the potential and strength of 6,690.72 km2 of natural area, in which the forest coverage rate increased by 55 - 60%, natural disaster damage has been minimized over the past years (there have been no major storms or floods, only storm No. 3 caused the greatest damage) and 90% of the majestic mountains and natural ecosystems remain intact, with many famous beautiful landscapes and geomorphological landscapes of the 500 million-year-old earth's crust. Immediately after storm No. 3 was overcome, Cao Bang actively promoted the image and green tourism brand of Non Nuoc Cao Bang with its own attractive products including natural landscape tourism, community cultural tourism, agricultural tourism, historical tourism, culinary tourism, border tourism and UNESCO Global Geopark tourism Non Nuoc Cao Bang... attracting more than 1.6 million domestic and international tourists, with revenue of over 1,500 billion VND in 2024.
Actively promoting sustainable green tourism development has attracted an increasing number of tourists to Cao Bang. This is an opportunity for Cao Bang to attract more tourists when the Cao Bang - Lang Son expressway is completed, connecting Cao Bang tourism closer to the northern provinces and cities and the whole country.
People are satisfied with the development of green tourism associated with agriculture and forestry and actively participate in forest protection and biodiversity conservation. Thereby, improving the quality of the living environment, creating a diversity of green tourism products associated with organic agricultural production, with over 100 high-quality OCOP products. The province's orientation on green tourism development has created livelihoods for thousands of ethnic minorities with on-site jobs. Many units and businesses have innovated and developed circular economic models, agricultural experience tourism associated with indigenous culture...
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