Hai Duong has a long history and rich cultural heritage with 3,199 historical, cultural and scenic relics, of which 04 relics are ranked as special national relics, 142 national relics, 255 provincial relics; 08 national treasures; 11 national intangible cultural heritages.
Nham Duong Pagoda - Kinh Mon. Photo: Internet
Throughout history, the people of the ancient Eastern Region - Hai Duong today have always been creative and selectively adapted to promote tangible and intangible cultural values based on existing potentials for tourism development. For generations, Hai Duong has been the "eastern fence" of the Thang Long citadel, a place associated with the names of many national heroes and cultural celebrities such as Khuc Thua Du, Tran Hung Dao, Tran Nhan Tong, Chu Van An, Mac Dinh Chi, Nguyen Trai... With 3,199 historical and cultural relics, of which 144 are ranked as national relics, 04 relic sites have been ranked as special national relics (Con Son - Kiep Bac relic and scenic area has been included by the Government in the list of construction into a national tourist area); 08 national treasures and 09 intangible cultural heritages have been recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. And in the province there are many beautiful landscapes and interesting caves such as Con Son mountain, Phuong Hoang mountain, An Phu mountain, Duong Nham mountain, Nham Duong pagoda - the ancestral temple of the Cao Dong Zen sect of Vietnam...
Along with that, Hai Duong also has many famous traditional craft villages such as: Dong Giao wood carving (Cam Giang), Chu Dau pottery (Nam Sach), Chau Khe jewelry (Binh Giang), Hong Luc and Lieu Trang woodblock printing (Hai Duong city), Xuan Neo embroidery (Tu Ky), Tam Lam footwear (Gia Loc), Tien Kieu mat weaving (Thanh Ha)... And a countryside full of traditional art forms such as Cheo singing, Tuong singing, Ca Tru singing, Chau Van singing, water puppetry... have been recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Many culinary specialties are famous both domestically and internationally, such as: green bean cake - top 10 Asian specialty gifts, rice cake, rice rolls (Hai Duong city), gai cake (Ninh Giang), Ke Sat rice paper (Binh Giang), gio cha (Gia Loc), sticky rice with yellow flowers, onions and garlic (Kinh Mon), lychee (Thanh Ha), rươi, cay in the district (Tu Ky, Kim Thanh)... Corresponding to the densely distributed system of relics, Hai Duong has over 700 relics that can organize festivals, including major festivals such as Con Son, Kiep Bac (Chi Linh), Cao Temple (Kinh Mon), Tranh Temple (Ninh Giang)... It can be said that festivals and relics in Hai Duong are a great potential and strength in spiritual culture for the tourism industry of the province and the entire Northeast region.
International tourists love Thanh Ha litchi. Photo: Pham Vu Dung
With the advantage of biodiversity, rich potential for ecotourism, resorts, agricultural - rural tourism, in recent years the province has planned regions, areas, tourist spots and linked tourism development with the northern provinces and cities. Currently, in the province, there are a number of large investors researching and investing in developing new urban areas in the direction of green, ecological urban areas, combining resorts with regional scale such as: Ben Tam, Ngu Dai Son eco-tourism, resort and ecological urban areas (Chi Linh city); Huong river eco-tourism area (Thanh Ha); Nam Dong eco-urban area, north of Han bridge, Ecopark (Hai Duong city) and along both banks of Thai Binh river...
Hai Duong not only has potential and strengths in natural resources, historical and cultural values, but also has advantages in water, road, railway, seaport and airport transportation, such as National Highway 5 Hanoi - Hai Duong - Hai Phong; National Highway 18 Hanoi - Hai Duong - Quang Ninh, Hanoi - Hai Duong - Hai Phong Expressway, Hai Phong seaport and Cat Bi (Hai Phong), Van Don (Quang Ninh) and Noi Bai (Hanoi) airports, especially the inter-provincial and inter-regional transportation network such as Dinh bridge, Quang Thanh bridge connecting with Hai Phong; Trieu bridge, Dong Mai bridge with Quang Ninh; Hiep bridge with Thai Binh ... this will be a good advantage to meet the needs of sightseeing, investment research to create a breakthrough in tourism development in the coming time.
In recent years, tourism development in Hai Duong province has achieved positive results. Tourism is an important economic sector with high-quality tourism products, meeting the needs of tourists and worthy of being a service sector in the province's service sector chain - one of the four important pillars in the province's economy. With the goal of welcoming 3.4 million international tourists by 2030, of which 1.53 million will stay; 4.8 million domestic tourists, of which 2.64 million will stay. To achieve that goal, Hai Duong province is implementing strong solutions to develop Hai Duong tourism associated with the Red River Delta region by 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hai Duong province Nguyen Thanh Trung said that the Resolution of the 17th Congress of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025, has set out key tasks and solutions to implement the 19 main targets of the Congress, which are: enhancing the effectiveness of investment promotion and trade promotion activities; promoting the potential and advantages of service development of the province; focusing on developing smart tourism, building high-quality, diverse and branded tourism products...
Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Photo: PV
Immediately after the Congress, Hai Duong province directed the development of the Project "Developing high-quality tourism in Hai Duong province for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050", aiming to make tourism an important economic sector of Hai Duong with the direction of developing a number of unique, high-quality tourism products based on unique or outstanding tourism resources. Typical are the tour "Returning to the art of water puppetry in the Red River Delta", "Finding the true ecological value of the community in the Red River Delta" at Co Thanh Mien island, "The road of Vietnamese examinations", "Vietnamese countryside resort tourism", "Chu Dau ceramic road - The quintessence of Vietnamese culture", "Meditation - health resort tourism in Chi Linh", "Dong Giao wood carving - a place where the top talents and souls of craftsmen from the East converge", "Culinary culture of the East". In addition, there are also important relic sites and scenic spots such as: Con Son - Kiep Bac - Phuong Hoang - Thanh Mai Pagoda - Ngu Dai Pagoda and red maple forest (Chi Linh); An Phu - Kinh Chu - Nham Duong Complex; Mao Dien Temple of Literature and the relic cluster of Xua Temple - Giam Pagoda and Bia Temple...
For high-quality tourism, Hai Duong province is currently implementing a number of specific solutions such as: investing in developing specific tourism products (gradually investing in and exploiting 8 specific tourism products proposed in the Project); managing the quality of tourism services by applying national standards; strengthening institutions on tourism environmental protection; promoting the application of digital science and technology; promoting and promoting; tightening cooperation with neighboring provinces and cities and provinces and cities with developed tourism...
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