Mai Hich commune develops community tourism

(HBĐT) - In recent years, Mai Hich commune (Mai Chau) has been an ideal destination, attracting domestic and international tourists. Coming here, visitors can not only immerse themselves in the fresh nature and poetic scenery but also enjoy the unique cultural features from cuisine , costumes to the daily life of the people.

Minh Tho Homestay, Hich 2 Hamlet, Mai Hich Commune (Mai Chau) is an ideal stopover for tourists.

The hamlets of Hich 1, Hich 2, Hai Son... are known to tourists for their charming scenery, traditional stilt houses with many households running homestay businesses. In addition to accommodation and dining services, activities such as walking, mountain climbing, exploring caves, cycling around passes, rowing boats, wading through streams to catch fish... bring many interesting experiences to tourists. Not only that, the rustic dishes with rich flavors in the kitchen of the stilt house, enjoying country wine, and the xoe dance of Thai girls are unforgettable experiences for tourists. Experiential activities, working with the locals such as planting corn, raising chickens, catching fish... create a simple, close-knit village atmosphere.

Visiting Minh Tho homestay in Hich 2 hamlet, we felt the simplicity, rusticity but sophistication of the Thai ethnic house. Mr. Ha Cong Minh, owner of Minh Tho homestay, said: "I have been doing community tourism since 2012, promoting the typical cultural values of the Thai people such as staff costumes, interior decoration, ethnic dishes... Besides, I focus on ensuring environmental hygiene, food safety, fire prevention and fighting... Convenient amenities for guests such as lighting system, wifi, hot and cold shower, digital TV so that tourists with young children do not encounter inconvenience compared to daily life. I also cooperate with households doing tourism , building cycling routes, rowing, climbing... for guests to experience and explore the most unique things of Mai Hich tourism . At the same time, the family actively posts and advertises on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Zalo with many attractive promotions and incentives, so the number of tourists coming to Minh Tho homestay is increasing day by day".

Thanks to the reasonable way of doing things, every year, Minh's family's homestay welcomes thousands of tourists to visit and relax on weekends and holidays during the year, including many international guests. Minh Tho Homestay has an area of 1,000 m2 with 6 rooms, accommodating 30 guests. The price for a shared room is 100,000 VND/person/night, a private room is 800,000 VND/person/night, along with the cost of food and beverage services, bringing a good income for the family.

Currently, the entire Mai Hich commune has 11 households operating community tourism services, mainly in Hich 1, Hich 2, Cha Lang hamlets, with a capacity of 25-30 guests per homestay. In the area, there are 2 high-class resorts with systematic investment, namely Mai Chau Valey Retreat in Hai Son hamlet and Mai Son De Mai Hich in Hich 2 hamlet. The commune is blessed with babbling streams, fragrant rice fields, and people still maintain traditional stilt houses, unique cultural identity with rustic dishes such as stream fish, wild vegetables, etc., so it is always an attractive destination for tourists, especially foreign visitors.

The commune has 9 art troupes serving at homestays. The homestays are linked and create tours and routes with tourist villages in the district such as Buoc village (Xam Khoe commune), Lac village (Chieng Chau commune), Pom Coong village (Mai Chau town) ... to create more attraction, enhance promotion, introduce tourism, people and cultural features of the Thai ethnic group to domestic and international friends.

Comrade Ha Van Bong, Chairman of Mai Hich Commune People's Committee said: "In the coming time, the commune will continue to encourage people to exploit the potential and advantages of the locality to develop community tourism. Thereby consolidating and preserving the national cultural identity, increasing income for people, building Mai Hich community tourism as an ideal destination for domestic and foreign tourists. Currently, the average income per capita of the whole commune reaches 40.8 million VND/year.

Hoang Anh

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