Hop Thanh - Potential for suburban tourism

Lots of tourists come to Hop Thanh on weekends or festivals.

Present at the Festival of the village guardian spirit and worshiping the forbidden forest of Hop Thanh commune, Ms. Le Thu Hang (Kim Tan ward, Lao Cai city) shared: Knowing about the festival through friends, my family came here. I really like festivals like this because there are many unique cultural features of the ethnic groups. Along with that, Hop Thanh is not far from the city center, so it is convenient for traveling. In general, Hop Thanh is a destination that many people choose to experience with their families on holidays and weekends. In particular, the commune has a market on Sundays, which is no different from a highland market, so my family and I often come here.

Located in the border area of ​​Hop Thanh commune and Ta Phoi commune, Hop Thanh - Ta Phoi market is a unique market that attracts many tourists and local ethnic minorities and urban residents to visit and shop every weekend. At the market, local people sell agricultural products made by their families and some mountain products such as red banana flowers, wild orchids, lingzhi mushrooms, black ginseng, etc.

Nam Ria waterfall has many beautiful landscapes.

Not only are markets and festivals organized with attention, in recent times, Hop Thanh commune has preserved the culture of the local Xa Pho, Giay, Tay, and Dao ethnic groups to create products aimed at developing community tourism. Typical examples include the incense-making village of the Giay ethnic group, the brocade-making village of the Xa Pho ethnic group, the carpentry and bamboo weaving village of the Tay people, etc. In addition, the commune has also mobilized a number of households to develop experiential sightseeing services, enjoy local ethnic cuisine , and exploit the natural landscape of the forest and Nam Ria waterfall, etc.

Hop Thanh market has many specialties of indigenous peoples.

Mr. Nong Van Vang, Secretary of the Party Cell of Cang 1 village, Hop Thanh commune, said: Through the propaganda of the Party Committee and local authorities, the people in the village have raised their awareness of environmental protection, developed a number of products such as making humpbacked Chung cake, black Chung cake, corn cake, Khuc cake and opened recreational fishing services to serve tourists, increasing income.

The locality still retains many ethnic cultural identities.

Ms. Nong Thi Thu Ha, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hop Thanh Commune, said that Hop Thanh is a suburban area of ​​Lao Cai city with agricultural strengths but has many natural conditions and potential to develop community tourism. To build the commune into a tourist destination near the city, every year the commune mobilizes people to do a good job of building new rural areas, creating a "green - clean - beautiful" environment to create a premise to attract tourists, at the same time develop clubs to preserve cultural identity, cultural rituals of indigenous people to develop tourism.

In addition, the traffic routes connecting to the commune have been invested in and upgraded to be clean and beautiful in the process of building new rural areas. The local government has many innovations in management and organization of cultural and artistic activities. The rich cultural beauty exists in every corner of the villages. All of these help to attract tourists every time they come to Hop Thanh.

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