Đồng Văn stone plateau becomes popular tourist attraction
VGP - The Đồng Văn Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang attracted 30,000 tourists, including over 10,000 foreigners, helping raise the province’s tourism revenue to VND 41 billion in July.
August 08, 2011 9:32 AM GMT+7
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Life in Đồng Văn Karst Plateau Geo-park |
The recognition of Đồng Văn as the first geopark in Việt Nam and the second in Southeast Asia by the Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN) in October last year had created an impetus for local tourism development.
Hà Giang Province developed community cultural villages and tourism infrastructure in an effort to lure more than 350,000 tourists in 2011, bringing in around VND 300 billion in revenue.
Also, since 2007, the locality invested over VND 989 billion to build 91 water reservoirs on the Đồng Văn Stone Plateau, of which 37 have been completed and put into use.
The operation of the reservoirs helps solve long-lasting water shortages and improve the lives of ethnic minority people in the province’s four poor mountainous districts, namely Quản Bạ, Yên Minh, Đồng Văn and Mèo Vạc.
They also help boost economic development and maintain political stability in the border area of the nation./.
