Lai Chau exploits forest advantages to develop tourism

The policy of payment for forest environmental services has created a strong change in forest protection and development in Lai Chau.

Take advantage of the pristine forest landscape to develop sustainable eco-tours and adventure sports to attract domestic and foreign tourists to Lai Chau province.

Lai Chau promotes adventure tourism thanks to its large forest area. Photo: Van Tam.

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lai Chau province, the province will focus on planning tours and adventure tourism routes associated with exploiting forest resources; promoting training for local tour guides and porters to ensure the safety of tourists. Along with that, encourage businesses to participate in socialization, turning sports tournaments into annual events of national and international scale.

Accordingly, the main orientation of the province is to plan and build specialized tours and routes: Combining mountain climbing, paragliding, and trail running with cave and waterfall exploration; training local human resources (equipping professional skills for porters and tour guides; improving the quality of accommodation and culinary services in community tourism villages). Ensuring safety and environmental factors; socializing event organization by licensing reputable businesses and event units to invest, creating professionalism and attractiveness.

Lai Chau currently has a total forest area of ​​over 472,676 hectares, of which the natural forest area is up to 450,392 hectares, with a forest cover rate of 54%. To achieve the above results, Lai Chau province always focuses on forest protection and development. In particular, paying for forest environmental services to people has a great impact on sustainable forest protection and development by generating income for forest owners and communities, contributing to protecting the natural environment. This source of money also motivates people to stay with the forest, improve their livelihoods and support the community in building infrastructure...

It is known that in 2024, the number of tourists coming to Lai Chau will reach 1,359 million, including 30,500 international visitors, with revenue reaching more than 1,084 billion VND. In the first 9 months of 2025, the whole province is estimated to welcome 1,248 million visitors, an increase of 14% over the same period in 2024, reaching 84.7% of the 2025 plan; revenue is estimated to reach 1,085 billion VND, an increase of 19% over the same period in 2024, reaching 90% of the 2025 plan.

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