(Dan Tri) – With pristine natural scenery and a spectacular cave system, Tan Hoa is an ideal destination for tourists. Recently, Tan Hoa was also voted the best tourist village in the world in 2023
Tan Hoa is a remote commune of Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province, located between limestone mountains, with the Rao Nan river flowing through, and is home to more than 3.000 people.
Previously, Tan Hoa people lived on the forest, farmed, raised livestock... life faced many difficulties because of its remote location. Tan Hoa is located in the basin, which is considered a "water valley" and a "flood navel" area. Many times, floods have submerged most of the houses in Tan Hoa.
In the past, during the flood season, people in Tan Hoa commune had to run to the mountains to set up tents and tarpaulins to take shelter. After the historic flood of 2010, Tan Hoa people had the initiative to make rafts to "live with floods".
Each pontoon raft has 10-20 empty drums linked together. When the water rises, the raft will float with the water. From experience through years of floods, people improved the floating raft into a floating house, with a roof and walls to protect from rain and sun, fixed through 4 piles at the 4 corners.
In this floating house, people can live normally and live with floods. By 2023, there will be nearly 620 floating houses in Tan Hoa commune, ensuring 100% of households can adapt, be safe and live with floods. All 620 floating houses were 100% funded by organizations, individuals, and sponsors to build.
The lives of Tan Hoa people today are adapting to the weather and they live peacefully with floods. When the rainy season comes, they store food and clean water in their floating houses to last 7-10 days. There are no more scenes of running away from floods or waiting for relief every time there is a flood like in previous years.
Although it is a flood zone, Tan Hoa has a charming landscape, with endless limestone mountains embracing vast valleys and endless grasslands. Cutting across the middle of the valley is a gentle, emerald green river, on both sides are the green of corn fields and rice fields.
The road to Tan Hoa curves around the foot of the mountain, where there are houses with the wild, idyllic beauty of the quiet countryside. Along with that is the Tu Lan valley with long grasslands, adorned by the soft Rao Nan river, as beautiful as a watercolor painting.
Coming to Tan Hoa, visitors can not only admire the wild beauty of the peaceful village but also explore the Tu Lan cave system consisting of 10 different caves with a system of shimmering and magical stalactites.
As a land with pristine natural scenery, Tan Hoa is gradually becoming an ideal destination for tourists, especially international visitors.
In Tan Hoa, in 2011, when the Tu Lan cave system was put into operation Travel tested and officially operated in 2014. People previously relied on farming and hunting wild animals, but now they are gradually turning to tourism.
There are hundreds of people directly involved in serving tourists exploring the Tu Lan cave system.
Also here, in early 2016, a film crew arrived from the film capital world Hollywood has shot some important scenes for the blockbuster movie "Kong: Skull Island". In 2018, director Victor Vu also chose Tan Hoa for scenes of the movie "Immortals".
In order to gradually bring Tan Hoa from the "flood navel" area to become a key tourism center in the northwest of Quang Binh, in recent years, the local government and the tourism industry of this province have coordinated to build a development strategy for each province. solid steps for Tan Hoa.
Tan Hoa is currently oriented to develop according to the model of a weather-adapted tourist village, providing diverse experiences for tourism from homestays, farming experience, dining at local people's houses, and tourist stalls. concept and other diverse services for tourists.
From participating in tourism activities, Tan Hoa people gradually master the services they provide to tourists. Tourism products in Tan Hoa such as: exploring the Tu Lan cave system, off-road driving to explore ironwood forests, cycling to explore corn fields and many other services are also gradually being diversified to attract more tourists. traveler.
Besides the cultural, historical, and natural beauty values, Tan Hoa people also have an extremely unique culinary culture such as poi rice, snails, eggplants... promising to bring interesting experiences to visitors. traveler.
As a tourist village that adapts to the weather, many people in Tan Hoa have coordinated with tourism companies to build homestays based on the floating house model. When a flood occurs in Tan Hoa, homestays will emerge so tourists can live normally.
This is an opportunity for visitors to experience local life on a floating house, admiring the beautiful natural landscape that can only be seen on flood days.
According to Mr. Ho An Phong, Vice Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People's Committee, Tan Hoa has created a new type of tourism - weather-adapted tourism. The floating house model to avoid floods in Tan Hoa is becoming a unique accommodation model. This is how Tan Hoa people turn disadvantages into sustainable livelihoods on the path to conquering nature, connecting with nature, and with the rustic and peaceful village.
Recently, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) honored Tan Hoa as the best tourist village in the world. Tan Hoa is the only Vietnamese village elected by UNWTO in the list of 260 villages from 60 countries participating in the 2023 tournament.
Winning a prestigious award from a prestigious world tourism organization is a solid foundation to help Tan Hoa gradually become a key tourism center in the northwestern region of Quang Binh, a lever and driving force for development. tourism activities for neighboring localities.
In addition to building tourism products adapted to weather conditions, Quang Binh also focuses on an effective linkage model between enterprise and the community in Tan Hoa.
Businesses support marketing and business while the community creates sustainable value to develop together, gradually perfecting and diversifying services and experiences in Tan Hoa to meet the diverse needs of customers. domestic and international tourists. Gradually build Tan Hoa tourism village into a model weather-adapted tourism model in Vietnam and a model for Southeast Asia.
Photo: Quang Binh Department of Tourism
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