Attract investment, develop tourism
Quy Hop district currently has 3 ethnic groups: Kinh, Thai, Tho, each ethnic group has its own cultural identity, expressed through costumes, house architecture, customs, habits, and language. Of which, Thai and Tho ethnic groups account for more than 53% of the district's population. Therefore, the cultural and spiritual life of the people in the district clearly shows the characteristics of Thai culture with the melodies of xuoi, lam, nhuon...; Tho ethnic culture with the melodies of tap tinh tap tang, du du dieng dieng...
In addition, ethnic minorities in the district also preserve unique folk games and diverse and rich culinary culture. Quy Hop also has Pu Huong Nature Reserve, with many rare species of animals and plants that are being cared for and preserved by the State and international organizations; has a diverse and unique cave system, associated with many relics and famous landscapes such as Poong Cave, Tiger Cave, Ban Vuc Cave, Tien Waterfall, Ban Bia Waterfall, Ban Tat Waterfall, Bai Tap, Dinh Temple, Mo Temple, La Pagoda, Le Temple, Choong Temple, Tao Noi Temple...

With such attractive potentials and advantages, the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of Quy Hop district, term XXI, issued Resolution No. 15-NQ/HU, dated October 25, 2021 on strengthening leadership, direction, increasing investment attraction, developing tourism associated with preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities in the period of 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030 and considering this as one of the key tasks in developing tourism in the district. To concretize Resolution No. 15, the People's Committee of Quy Hop district issued Decision No. 2068/QD-UBND dated October 27, 2021 promulgating the Project on attracting investment, exploiting tourism associated with preserving and promoting the cultural values of ethnic minorities, period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030; Along with that, many plans have been issued to promote the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the district...

With the attention and direction of the Department of Tourism, District Party Committee, People's Council, District People's Committee, all levels and sectors, and with the efforts of the district's Department of Culture and Information, in the past 2 years (2021 and 2022), the tourism development situation of Quy Hop district has changed positively. Many localities have paid attention and issued projects, plans, and encouraged the development of community tourism at the grassroots level, contributing to creating motivation and leverage for investment in tourism development in the district.
One of the programs contributing to changing the face of tourism in Quy Hop district is attracting investment and developing tourism associated with preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities. In 2023, Quy Hop district has deployed the construction and renovation of Thung May Lake Park worth 10 billion VND from the local medium-term investment capital for the period 2020-2025; attracted the province's medium-term investment capital for the period 2021-2025 to build 2 routes connecting National Highway 48C from Choong Bung village (Chau Ly commune) with Tan Ky district worth 70 billion VND, the traffic route connecting National Highway 48C from Choong Bung village, Chau Ly commune through Ban Bia - Thung Manh waterfall with Con Cuong district worth 30 billion VND; built Choong Bung Cultural House, Choong Bung village walking street system worth over 3 billion VND...
Attractive tourist destination in the Northwest
After nearly 2 years of implementing the Resolution, the People's Committee of Quy Hop district has issued many documents to preserve historical relics, scenic spots and national cultural identities in the district, such as proposing to rank the Mo Temple Relic (Nghia Xuan Commune), Tao Noi Temple, Muong Ham (Chau Cuong Commune).

Currently, the Provincial Relic Management Board is guiding the preparation of dossiers and procedures for ranking Tao Noi Temple, organizing workshops on the restoration of Dinh Temple (Tam Hop Commune) and Le Temple (Chau Quang Commune). At the same time, building an additional model of Tho ethnic folk culture club at the provincial level; 1 Tho ethnic folk culture model in Dot Ma hamlet and Mo hamlet, Nghia Xuan commune at the district level; 3 Thai and Tho ethnic folk culture models in Chau Cuong commune, Nghia Xuan commune and Minh Hop commune. Actively surveying famous landscapes in the district such as Ban Vuc cave, Ban Bia waterfall (Chau Ly commune), Tien waterfall (Chau Thanh commune), Mo Nuoc (Nghia Xuan commune, Van Loi commune), Ban Mong dam (Yen Hop commune)...
Maintaining the activities of folk culture clubs in communes and towns. The tourism infrastructure has been gradually improved, socialized investment in building a system of restaurants, hotels, entertainment areas, shopping centers to serve tourists has increasingly developed, creating more tourism products; forming routes and destinations for eco-tourism, culture, spirituality, and community tourism to attract and retain tourists, typically Choong Bung community tourism village, eco-tourism destinations of Thac Tien, Thac Bia, Mo Mo, Nghia Xuan commune, Mo Lon, Van Loi commune...

Quy Hop district has started to build tours and tourist routes to serve tourists and initially achieved remarkable results such as Choong Bung community tourism village (Chau Ly commune). From July 11, 2022 to now, Choong Bung community tourism village has welcomed 43 visitors with about more than 1,350 people; mainly visitors from the province, district and other communes. Total income from community tourism activities to date is more than 400 million VND.
Also in Chau Ly commune, the Ban Bia waterfall eco-tourism site has initially attracted a large number of visitors from the district. From April 2022 to now, this site has welcomed about 4,800 visitors, with a total revenue of more than 500 million VND. In addition, there is a business applying for a license to build a model of eco-tourism experience in Vinh orange tourism village and another business applying for a policy to build an eco-tourism area at Ban Bia waterfall, Chau Ly commune.

In addition to the two eco-tourism spots mentioned above, in Quy Hop district, sightseeing and experience spots are beginning to form, such as Ban Mong reservoir in Yen Hop commune, water spring in Nghia Xuan commune, tea hill in Minh Hop commune, water spring in Van Loi commune, Thac Tien in Chau Thanh commune...
Mr. Hoang Van Thai - Vice Chairman of Quy Hop District People's Committee said: In the coming time, the district will create a favorable environment for businesses and the community to participate in tourism development, encourage businesses to innovate, create, and diversify types of tourism products, in line with the local tourism development orientation. Strive during the term, each locality will form at least 1 typical destination based on its potential and unique advantages.
The district also focuses on investing in infrastructure development, especially creating land funds to attract strategic investors to build tourist attractions and resorts to bring visitors to Quy Hop, especially international travel agencies; Strengthening propaganda and promotion of Quy Hop tourism image; preserving and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage associated with tourism development, focusing on raising the level of organizing traditional festivals... Thereby, striving by 2024, the district will build a tourist tour associated with 2-3 destinations in the area...
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