Referring to Lao Cai tourism, for many years, people have been too familiar with famous places such as Sa Pa and Bac Ha. However, in recent years, many tourists to Lao Cai are not afraid to travel hundreds of kilometers to the new tourist destination, the beautiful small land of Y Ty. And what surprised us even more, the first stop of many tourists is not the colorful Ha Nhi village, Thien Sinh Bridge, the heritage valley of terraced fields or Lao Than mountain, but the schools. by Y Ty. So what’s so attractive about the schools here?
Referring to Lao Cai tourism, for many years, people have been too familiar with famous places such as Sa Pa and Bac Ha. However, in recent years, many tourists to Lao Cai are not afraid to travel hundreds of kilometers to the new tourist destination, the beautiful small land of Y Ty. And what surprised us even more, the first stop of many tourists is not the colorful Ha Nhi village, Thien Sinh Bridge, the heritage valley of terraced fields or Lao Than mountain, but the schools. by Y Ty. So what’s so attractive about the schools here? There is a miniature Y Ty in… school c After the cold winter, we returned to Y Ty on spring days full of sunshine and blue sky. In March, Y Ty is still cold but there is no cold feeling anymore, all over the mountains and forests are lit up with a pink color of peach blossom, white of pear blossom, and pure plum blossom. Located at an altitude of 1,600 m – over 2,000 m above sea level, the land of Y Ty is blessed with a year-round cool climate and beautiful scenery. Passing Mo Phu Chai slope, everyone burst into joy when they first saw the sea of white clouds floating like in paradise. A surprise came to us when we visited Y Ty Ethnic Minority Semi-boarding High School, Y Ty Primary School, Y Ty Secondary School. Indeed, few people can imagine that in a remote and difficult upland land like Y Ty, there are such beautiful schools. Looking at the school from the street, I saw the ravishing rose climbing fence and the fragrance spreading in the wind. Entering the school, we were immersed in the brilliant color of azaleas. Ly Xa Xo, a student of grade 8C, of Ha Nhi ethnic group, shared: “At school, I not only have a beautiful flower garden, but also many other spaces like a miniature Y Ty, including: Ha Nhi park house, image of Ha Nhi village, model of Thien Sinh bridge, Lao Than mountain, stone wall… When tourists visit the school, we will introduce the beauty of those cultural spaces so that they can better understand the beauty. In addition, the members of the shock art team also performed folk songs and ethnic dances of Ha Nhi, Mong, Dao, flute, and flute dance. Cam also creates brocade products for tourists. If there are foreign tourists, we will introduce Y Ty in English.” The poetic scene of the two schools was shared a lot on social networks, causing any delegation who came to Y Ty to come back to the school to experience and take souvenir photos. Ms. Pham Kim Lien, a tourist from Thai Nguyen expressed her satisfaction when she visited Y Ty Primary School for Ethnic Minority Minority Affairs: “Compared to the lowland, the school here has a more beautiful landscape because there are many flowers in bloom, especially in the countryside. azalea flowers. This is what I along with my friends in the delegation found very impressed when coming here to visit.” “The rendezvous season of love ” The story about how to do tourism at Y Ty Kindergarten is a typical example. Although the weather was rainy and foggy, but nearly 12 noon, the truck of teacher Nguyen Quang Dai and his students in Thanh Ba district, Phu Tho province arrived at the gate of Y Ty Kindergarten and urgently delivered nearly 100 new tarpaulins to the teachers. Teacher Dai said that this is a gift that he and his students have mobilized organizations and individuals to support school sites in remote villages and partly thanks to the teachers to transfer to students’ families for use in the winter. cold. Walking around the main school site of Y Ty Kindergarten, Mr. Dai was introduced by the teachers to the model of “Tourism School” with beautiful scenery, accommodation services and tobacco baths for tourists by the teachers. do it yourself. “I was really surprised because in the remote highlands, there is a beautiful school like a park, the teachers are also very active and creative, building an educational environment, calling for many organizations and individuals to come and support. households contribute to help poor students”. Teacher Ha Thi Ben, Principal of Y Ty Kindergarten smiled: “The school has been building the model of “Tourism School” for three years. Thanks to that, ethnic minority students are bold, confident, and communicative. Through the model, the school’s teachers and students want to build this place into a “love season rendezvous”, aiming to call for the contribution of tourists to support highland students with less difficulties. For the 2019-2020 school year, the school has mobilized more than 1,000 working days from parents and welcomed dozens of volunteer groups to visit and donate many valuable artifacts and convert to cash of more than 340 million VND. The construction process is donated, the total value is more than 800 million VND. The school year 2020-2021 has not ended, but the school has also called for more than 900 million VND to socialize education. As a result, preschool students in villages and hamlets all have spacious schools, warm blankets, warm clothes, shoes in the cold winter, and food to improve their meals. In addition, through the model of “Tourism School”, teachers also connect volunteer groups to support preschool schools in some other communes such as Sang Ma Sao, Nam Pung, Den Sang, etc. “.. 
Pictured in the article: The Tourism School model creates a good learning environment for Y Ty students. Turn the school into an attractive tourist destination n Back to the story at Y Ty Secondary School for Ethnic Minority Minority Affairs, when we arrived, Principal Nguyen Van Thanh was with teachers, teachers and students actively taking care of the flower garden, cutting the extracted and grafted flower branches. Plant more to make the school garden more beautiful. In another corner, the students in the Tour Guide Club are listening attentively to the teacher teaching communication skills with tourists. The students were excited to practice as soon as a group of tourists visited the school. According to Mr. Thanh, in the 2020-2021 school year, the school has 570 students, including 394 part-boarding students. Currently, Y Ty commune has a lot of potential for tourism development and is in the process of becoming a tourist town of the province, so it is very appropriate for the school to choose the “Tourism School” model. This model contributes to improving the rate of attendance, helping to educate students to love their homeland and villages, to maintain a sense of national identity, to guide students in their careers, and to teach them knowledge and skills to travel abroad. calendar to build the homeland. Every week, students participate in cleaning the school and the center of the commune so that the roads and Y Ty market are always clean and beautiful. For the past two years, the school has cooperated with a gardener in Sa Pa as a place to place and take care of more than 100 pots of roses, azaleas, and Arhat conifers, turning the school into a beautiful flower garden that attracts tourists. sightseeing. Every teacher, teacher and student is always conscious of contributing efforts to make “Y Ty Secondary School” more beautiful. In the coming time, along with landscape renovation, Y Ty Secondary School of Ethnic Minority Affairs will coordinate with Bat Xat High School No. 1 and University of Foreign Languages to implement a project to teach communication English to Ha Nhi students in the form of online, helping them improve their foreign language ability to communicate with foreign tourists… Plans and plans are still ahead, but surely with faith and aspiration, dynamism and determination , teachers and students of Y Ty Secondary School of Ethnic Minority Affairs will turn dreams into reality. When we said goodbye to teachers and students from schools in Y Ty and returned to the city, Ly Xa Go, an 8th grader, smiled like a wild azalea: “I hope you guys will come back to visit” Du School. I am very proud of the beautiful land of Y Ty and being a tour guide of the school. I will try my best to study to become a professional tour guide in the future. develop tourism in their homeland”.
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