Son La province greeted 400,000 visitors and earned over 785 billion VND (32 million USD) from accommodation, catering, tourism, travel and other services in October, an increase of more than 17% over the same period last year.
The “Tren que huong vo chong A Phu” (In the homeland of A Phu couple) festival 2023 will take place on November 3-4 in Hong Ngai commune, Bac Yen district.
Van Ho district has so far this year welcomed over 380,000 visitors, including 36,700 using accommodation services, earning over 75 billion VND (3 million USD) in revenue.
Many tourist destinations in Son La province have used friendly materials to minimise environmental impacts, as well as protected and developed cultural values and natural landscapes in a long-term and sustainable fashion, towards green tourism.
In the past nine months of 2023, Moc Chau district hosted nearly 1.6 million tourists, three times higher than the figure in the same period last year, earning 1.68 trillion VND (68.5 million USD).
Tourist destinations in Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district welcomed nearly 50,000 visitors in the first nine months of 2023, earing 5 billion VND (205,296 USD) in revenue.
The northern mountainous province of Son La served more than 4.1 million tourists in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 2023 plan by 5.4%.
Visiting rural areas on the Moc Chau plateau, we clearly felt the changes in people's lives, with much improved infrastructure thanks to the engagement of the entire political system, along with the consensus of the people in joining hands to build new-style rural areas.
With a cool, fresh climate, many beautiful natural landscapes, and unique cultural features, Chieng Yen commune, Van Ho district is focusing on developing community-based tourism and experiential tourism.
The Moc Chau National Tourist Area in Son La province has been honoured as Asia's Leading Regional Natural Destination 2023 and Vietnam's Top Nature Destination 2023 by the World Travel Awards.
Nature’s beauty in Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district reaches its peak in autumn. Ancient, tranquil Po mu (Fokienia hodginsii) timber-roofed stilts nestle amidst ripe rice fields, creating a picturesque, poetic, and enchanting scene under the autumn sunshine.
With its special deliciousness, ‘tan’ sticky rice in Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district has become a 4-star OCOP (one commune one product) product of Son La province. In addition to white sticky rice and ‘khau hang’ (young sticky rice), ‘com’ (green rice flakes) is favoured and chosen as gifts by many people every time they come to Ngoc Chien during the ripe rice season.
Ngoc Chien commune of Muong La district held the opening ceremony of the New Rice Festival 2023 on September 2, attracting thousands of tourists and local residents.