Boat trip to visit Son La lake (Quynh Nhai district) is one of the experiences when visiting Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area. Cruise on Son La Lake About 60 km from the center of Son La city, Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area emerges as an attractive tourist destination in the Northwest region with beautiful natural landscapes. In operation since March 2019, the resort includes a complex of works: tourist boat dock, Pa Uon bridgehead general service area, heart island, community tourism combined with Bon mineral bath. (Muong Chien commune)… Exploring Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area, visitors will be able to travel on a boat to visit Son La lake (actually the bed of Son La hydroelectric lake), admire the beautiful natural landscape with clear blue water. The two sides are limestone mountains and small islands. Perhaps that is why tourists compare this place to the “Ha Long Bay” of the Northwest. The highlight of the experience journey is discovering Heart Island – more than 10 km upstream from Pa Uon Bridge (the highest pillared bridge in Vietnam). Coming here, in addition to admiring the majestic beauty of the Da River, visitors can experience activities of swimming on the river, water bicycle, boating, taking photos on the island… From here, travel by boat to the top. From the source of the Da River for more than 1 hour, visitors will come to visit and experience the community tourism area combined with hot mineral bath in Bon village, enjoy the unique ethnic cuisine. Panoramic view of Son La lake when standing from Nang Han temple. In addition to discovering the beautiful scenery on Son La lake, tourists can also visit Linh Son Thuy Tu relic, Nang Han temple on Pu Nghiu hill (Muong Giang commune). Linh Son Thuy Tu is a temple to worship mountain gods, river gods, then rulers of heaven and earth, and all things… And Nang Han temple is a place to worship the Thai national hero female general – who had merit in defeating the enemy. northern. Head of Tourism Management Department (Son La Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism) Bui Khac Bao said that Son La province has its own plan to develop Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area into a key tourist destination of Vietnam. the provincial. Introducing more about Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area, Mr. Dang Quang Giau, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Quynh Nhai Fisheries and Ecotourism Cooperative said that the unit has invested in a system of motels, homestays and services on left island. heart, a model of community tourism combined with Bon mineral spring bathing service. Currently, these services are ready to welcome guests. Wake up potential Despite the advantages of nature and landscape, until now Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area still faces many difficulties in attracting tourists. Chairman of Quynh Nhai District People’s Committee Hoang Tien Cuong said that because it was recently put into operation, it was affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, so in 2020 and 2021, this eco-tourism area will not receive the expected number of visitors. Assessing the potential of tourism exploitation in Quynh Nhai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of APT Group Nguyen Hong Dai said that Quynh Nhai eco-tourism area has a lot of potential to develop resort tourism. However, to really attract tourists going long distances to experience, Quynh Nhai needs to invest more in infrastructure, services, many attractive entertainment experiences, modern and comfortable resorts. According to Director of Tam Phuong Travel Company Le Thu Phuong, in order to develop resort advantages, Quynh Nhai district should focus on developing tourism and services in parallel with protecting the ecological environment and landscape. . Son La Tourism Association, Quynh Nhai District People’s Committee and Hanoi Tourism Association signed a contract to deploy new tourism products linking Hanoi and Quynh Nhai (Son La) in April 2021. In this regard, Chairman of Quynh Nhai District People’s Committee Hoang Tien Cuong informed that the District People’s Committee has just sent a written request to Son La Provincial People’s Committee to consider and allow enterprises to research and set up investment projects to develop tourism in the lake. hydroelectricity in the district. The scope of the proposed investment project includes an area of ​​3,000 hectares of water surface (out of a total of 10,520 hectares of water surface in Quynh Nhai district) and 500 hectares of land which is the area surrounding the lake bed, including islands and peninsulas. from Pa Ma Pha Khinh commune to Muong Chien commune. “It is expected that in the area of ​​​​Quynh Nhai hydropower reservoir, a high-class resort tourism will be developed, focusing on exploiting the typical space, long-standing cultural and historical values ​​with items such as amusement parks, resort services, film studios, hot mineral water baths … “, said Mr. Hoang Tien Cuong. The charming beauty of Quynh Nhai is currently a bright spot in the tourism development strategy of Son La province, in order to awaken the tourism potential here, besides investing in services and utilities, present Currently, Quynh Nhai district in particular and Son La province in general are implementing tourism links with other provinces and cities, including Hanoi capital to form a new tourist route to attract tourists.

The Hanoi Tourism Association and the Son La Provincial Tourism Association signed a cooperation and association agreement in the development of new tourism products and two-way passenger transportation. Son La tourism is one of the attractive destinations of the Northwest. Coming to Son La, in addition to familiar spots such as Moc Chau, Ta Xua, Bac Yen, visitors can also learn new destinations, which is Quynh Nhai lake sea – which is considered a copy of “Ha Long Bay” of Northwest. Currently, Quynh Nhai is a destination that many local businesses exploit and build new products to attract tourists. In order to better exploit the potential of Son La’s destination, over the past time, Son La and Hanoi provinces have had many cooperation links and product introduction. The tour product announcement ceremony between the Hanoi Tourism Association – Son La city – Quynh Nhai district – Thuan Chau district aims to further strengthen tourism cooperation between the two localities, creating connected tourism products. new between Hanoi and Son La destinations. At the same time, the event is also in response to the “Vietnamese traveling Vietnam” program launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The new product exploited by the units and tourism businesses of Hanoi and Son La here is a 3-day, 2-night tour (by car) with a schedule from Hanoi – Son La city – exploring the lake. Quynh Nhai – Thuan Chau. With this itinerary route, visitors will be able to visit many typical destinations of Son La and some new products such as: Golden Forest Tourist Area, Northwest Square, Son La Prison, Quynh Ecotourism Area. Chai, Pa Uon bridge, Linh Son Thuy Tu temple, Nang Han temple, Pha Din pass … Quynh Nhai lake ecotourism area – one of the new products of Son La province. Currently, Son La province has a plan to develop Son La tourism for the period of 2021-2023, which focuses on building 24 unique and different tourism products. Son La will focus on developing tourism resources such as: Moc Chau National Tourist Area, exploiting the Son La hydropower reservoir area, including the Quynh Nhai lake bed, tourism development associated with agricultural products. all …

Quynh Nhai lake sea. (Photo: Dinh Thuan / VNA) On April 20, the Hanoi Tourism Association in coordination with the Son La Provincial Tourism Association held a ceremony to cooperate with the development and promotion of tourism products. Son La is known for its familiar destinations such as Moc Chau, Ta Xua-Bac Me, Son La prison … and the beautiful natural landscape and cultural colors of the ethnic groups. The province is developing tourism associated with preserving national cultural identity; preserving and embellishing historical relics and landscapes; to restore traditional festivals. Son La province is assessing tourism resources, advantages and potentials of each locality, focusing on building and developing unique, different, professional tourism products, creating an important and breakthrough tourist product. break. Moc Chau tourist area is built from 5-6 standard tourist products of the region Quynh Nhai lake sea 3-4 products, Son La city 2-3 products, Bac Yen district 2 products, the rest districts 1 product. By 2025, Son La province is expected to attract 5.2 million visitors, revenue from tourism will reach VND 5,800 billion. Also by 2025, Son La will build Moc Chau tourist area into a national tourist area and Quynh Nhai lake area into a provincial tourist area. At the ceremony, the Tourism Association of Son La province and the People’s Committee of Quynh Nhai district announced the new product tour Hanoi-Son La city-Quynh Nhai-Thuan Chau. With this tour, visitors can explore Golden Forest Tourist Area, Vuon Dao Meeting Stream, Son La Prison, Quynh Nhai Lake, Pha Din Pass … In particular, Quynh Nhai Lake has the characteristics of rivers, mountains, villages on both sides, in the lake bed area there are up to 45 large and small islands. Quynh Nhai lake beach is impressed with tourist attractions such as Pa Uon bridge, Nang Han-Linh Son Thuy Tu temple cluster, Heart island, Uy Phong bay … Association President Traveling Hanoi Nguyen Manh Than said the association and cooperation between Hanoi-Son La tourism creates advantages to exploit and develop new products, to attract tourists to Son La. In the context of translation COVID-19 basically controlled, the tourism industry is stimulating demand Domestic tourism . In addition to reducing tour prices and travel services, the construction and promotion of new products will create more opportunities for tourists to choose and bring new experiences for guests. However, the locality needs to invest in infrastructure, tourism services, to create a highlight for tourists. Assessing the tourism potential of the locality, many Hanoi travel businesses also say that in order to create the attraction for tourism products, the locality needs to invest synchronously in products, accommodation facilities, and accommodation. real travel services. Currently, many infrastructure and tourism services here are not really up to standards. For districts such as Quynh Nhai, it is necessary to rely on advantages to develop adventure tourism products, sports such as paragliding, water motorbikes, kayaking, cycling, community tourism development … Head of Tourism Management Division – Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Son La province Bui Khac Bao said that the province determines to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector. Besides developing new products, Son La promotes communication and promotion; promoting investment promotion for tourism development; human resource development … In particular, the construction of tourism infrastructure will be focused, in order to step by step make Son La an attractive destination. At the ceremony, tourism businesses in Hanoi and Son La signed a memorandum of cooperation to exploit and develop tourism./.