Homestay in Bac Ha is loved by many foreign travellers
Homestay in Bac Ha is loved by many foreign travellers
Homestay is a kind of travel service the locals invented to eradicate hunger and alleviate poverty in Lao Cai. This kind has got many successes with Sapa. Thanks to homestay, the number of tourists booking Vietnam trip packages is increasing.
However, homestay in Sapa has not been completely developed because people’s ways of operation are not suitable for the province’s orientation towards travel.
In fact, homestay has deviated its purposes because of massive development which makes the locals lose their roles. The locals become employees of travel agencies even though they are owners.
Therefore, Bac Ha try a new way of operation with 4 hamlets: Ban Pho, Ta Chai, Bao Nhai, Na Hoi. This choice is expected to not only develop Bac Ha but also keep its primitive beauty and special customs.
Homestay Bac Ha: unshakable pattern of travel
According to Vice President of People’s committee, Mrs. Dung said: What makes Bac Ha able to follow Sapa’s success of homestay is that it stills keep its traditional customs and show them through traditional clothes, and beliefs,…. Especially, the locals are very active in homestay. Travellers had chances to enjoy beautiful scenes, as well as praticipate in traditional activities with the locals.”
Moreover, the locals voted teams of singing, dancing,…
President of People’s committee Nguyen Anh Tuan said that: “ Those tourist sites are very clean, beautiful, and friendly with environment. Fresh air, convenience, beautiful scenes make travellers love them.”
With those strengths,Bac Ha will become deveop more and more.
How, Bac Ha continues homestay in 4 sites: Ban Pho hamlet, Ban Pho communes, Na Lo hamlet, Ta Chai commune;…
To avoid side-effect of homestay, Mr. Tuan said: “We aim to providing more information guides, cardes, as well as families to travel experiencies.”
Foreigners’ choices:
From the he got married with a Tay woman, Phan Thanh Son became the owner of a homestay with 2000 pulm trees. His guests mainly are foreigners.
It is Vietnamese’s habits are they choose hotel for accomodation, luxurious restaurants to have meals, with cars. They wouldn’t love to live in small houses to explore difficult lives, climb mountains, or walk. Meanwhile, foreigners love walking.
The reason why they love homestay is that they have all necessary and modern equipments with cars everywhere, which make them curious about the life of Tay, Nung, Dao,…
Only with 10USD, they can have dinner, sleep in houses on stilts.
“Bac Ha town is very beautiful with continuous mountains, houses of ethnic minority, corn fields and terraced fields. I love this scene, especially when I walk aroung the town, have a drink and talk to the locals” Sam, a travellers from told.
She also told that: “Yesterday, I was in Hanoi, a noisy and full-of-people city. Today, I am in Bac Ha, a very quiet, and peaceful place with many beautiful clothes”
Not like Sam, David love and want to enjoy family’s atmosphere even when he goes abroad. He said, Vietnamese are very social, and friendly. It is a pity not to have a meal with Vietnamese people when you come Vietnam.
“It is interesting because no matter which house you come, you become a close guests”, David humorously comments
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