Community tourism - sustainable livelihood

With the potential of natural landscapes and diverse ethnic cultures, the northern communes of the province have devoted many investment resources to developing community tourism.

Coc Toc village art troupe sings Then to serve tourists on Ba Be Lake.

Potential from national identity

Amidst the immense space of Ba Be Lake, the sweet Then singing voice blends with the Tinh lute of the Coc Toc village art troupe, Ba Be commune, creating a scene that is both poetic and imbued with identity.

Born and raised in Coc Toc village, since tourism developed, Ms. Trinh Thuy Quynh has boldly gone to school and joined the tour guide team, establishing a Then singing club to serve tourists.

Ba Be Lake is one of the 20 special freshwater lakes in the world , with majestic natural beauty, rich vegetation and many unique cultural features. The villages along the lake have great attraction because of many unique landscapes such as Dau Dang waterfall, Tien pond, Puong cave, Ba Goa island...

In particular, this place still preserves the cultural activities imbued with the unique identities of the Tay, Nung, Mong, and Dao ethnic groups. In recent years, people in the core area of ​​Ba Be National Park have invested in developing community tourism and experiential tourism.

The unique cultural feature of the Tay ethnic group is the stilt houses. Since the development of tourism, the stilt houses have been converted into homestay services, with investment in refurbishing the grounds and rooms. Those working in tourism services have been trained and instructed on how to exploit the potential of homestay services to meet the needs of tourists.

From small, fragmented places, households have joined together, connecting different types of services such as accommodation, lake tours, dining, entertainment activities, etc. to create the most attractive experience for tourists.

The unique cultural features of ethnic minorities have become the highlight of community tourism. In the photo: The art troupe of Ta Han village, Nam Cuong commune.

At Ba Be Hada homestay of Mr. Luc Huy Chung, the traditional stilt house has been renovated by his family to be spacious and airy. Each large and small room area, restroom, kitchen, and garden are arranged scientifically . The staff at the homestay are all villagers who have been trained and learned how to do tourism properly.

Ba Be commune currently has nearly 60 accommodation establishments, of which more than 40 are stilt houses with 2 homestay establishments meeting 3-star OCOP standards; over 140 boats, and 10 art troupes serving tourists. Starting from simple, rustic ethnic minority households, since Ba Be tourism was discovered and developed, people have actively learned and participated in community tourism. Village roads, alleys, houses have been renovated, accommodation, culinary and cultural services are increasingly more professional.

Sustainable livelihoods from community tourism

Not only in Ba Be Tourist Area, the community tourism model has developed in many other ethnic minority areas, where the unique characteristics of each ethnic group are preserved, associated with the strengths of agricultural and forestry production and local specialties.

Khuan Bang village (Cho Moi commune) was chosen as a model community tourism destination.

In Khuan Bang village, one of the villages selected as a model community tourism spot in Cho Moi commune, local people are promoting their strengths in natural landscape and cultural identity to attract tourists.

Located about 3km from the center of Cho Moi commune, on the spacious concrete road leading to the village are bright red tiled stilt houses. Khuan Bang village has more than 60 households living together, mainly Tay ethnic people. The villagers still preserve the beauty of the traditional stilt houses of the ethnic group. With the guidance of the local government, people are building homestay models and experiential tourism to create more livelihoods.

Introducing the newly built stilt house to us, Mr. Nguyen Van Hien, Khuan Bang village, Cho Moi commune, said: When the village was chosen as a community tourism destination, I renovated the auxiliary works to make it suitable, creating a green, clean, and beautiful landscape to welcome tourists.

In the northern communes, the potential of community tourism has been initially exploited and created income for people, especially ethnic minorities and highland people. Community tourism models are contributing to bringing socio-economic efficiency to many localities and businesses.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/van-hoa/du-lich-thai-nguyen/202510/du-lich-cong-dong-sinh-ke-ben-vung-c116a68/