52km north of Cao Bang city, Pac Bo special national relic is located in Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district, Cao Bang province. Coming to this place, visitors not only feel the historical imprints “transmitted by fire” over generations but also have the opportunity to experience the fresh air of the mountainous region.
In the tourism development strategy of the province, Pac Bo is one of the key highlights for Cao Bang to focus on developing its strength in tourism services, striving to build a typical tourism product bearing the High identity. Equal.
Pac Bo – Tay – Nung means “upstream”, is the place where President Ho Chi Minh set his first step back to the homeland after 30 years of struggling to find the way to save the country. Coming here, visitors not only have the opportunity to learn about an important stage in the life of President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese revolution, but also have the opportunity to admire the beautiful natural picture.
The stream of Le Nin is as clear as a silk strip at the foot of the majestic Cac Marx. The gentle green emerald-green stream flowing from the Pac Bo source is called Giang stream or Trung Trung stream by the local people. During the days living and working here, Uncle Ho’s footprints were printed everywhere. Visitors are impressed with Coc Bo cave, where Uncle wooden counter is resting, there is a fire stove, heating the cold cave or the stone table where Uncle is sitting, the rock he sits fishing …
In addition to the outdoor relic sites, visitors can offer incense at the temple of President Ho Chi Minh; visit the gallery to better understand Cao Bang’s revolutionary movement, as well as Uncle Ho’s revolutionary leadership process after returning home through the explanation of the tour guide at the relic.
Over the past years, the infrastructure system for tourism service development here has been being invested in a spacious, synchronous direction, creating more highlights for tourists to experience. Cao Bang province has invested, completed and put into use 6 projects in the Pac Bo Special National Historic Site with a total investment of nearly 80 billion VND.
Mr. Dao Van Mui, Director of the Management Board of Special National Monuments, Cao Bang Province, said: “Over the past years, the unit has carried out the renovation and protection of landscape and public works. The process is invested synchronously. Focusing on the embellishment of the original relics that have been degraded and worn out, we have hired experts to restore and create the most vivid space during the Uncle Ho’s return to the country as well as the Uncle Ho period. live and operate in Pac Bo. Supporting areas such as the gallery area, the temple area of President Ho Chi Minh, the landscape are also invested towards green – clean – beautiful tourism at the Pac Bo relic. “
Coming to Pac Bo, visitors can also shop for local products at the stalls of indigenous people. The products with rich flavor of Cao Bang, such as: rice cakes, sli, shiitake mushrooms, dong vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, wild vegetables … Local agricultural products not only serve the needs of customers. visit but also improve the material life of people in the region, both preserving and promoting tourism and developing socio-economic for the locality.
Ms. Nong Thi Lanh, a specialist selling agricultural products at the relic, said: “Now if you can do tourism, your income is generally much better, the economy is also more developed, it is better than farming because just enough to eat in farming. I also look forward to the next time if the relic develops, the more tourists come back, the more people can sell. ”
Pac Bo tourist area attracts quite a lot of tourists, especially in the summer. However, service infrastructure is still incomplete in many aspects. The guesthouse of the District People’s Committee and some private motels, homestay … can serve, but the majority of visitors who visit during the day have no intention of staying, often back to Cao Bang city for more than 40 km. Besides, tourism products and services are still poor, lack of creativity … In the trend of tourism today, what tourists need when coming to a tourist destination is the companionship and experience of life. and the local people, unfortunately Pac Bo did not really have that.
Ms. Pham Thu Quynh, a tourist from Hanoi, felt: “Here we can only feel the natural landscape, historical value of the destination, but with additional service values. Here, I still see a lot of things that need more investment. For example, there are some folk games, basic food services here, but there is no service to keep visitors in order to increase the experience. We hope in the future there will be additional and more attractive services to attract tourists. ”
In the Tourism Development Strategy of Cao Bang Province, Pac Bo Tourist Area is also oriented to become a key tourist destination. In recent years, the relic management board has also coordinated with the local authorities to propagate and mobilize more than 100 households in the region to participate in protecting and promoting the relic’s value.
At this point, community based tourism and experience tourism should also be paid more attention and invested in creating a highlight, attracting tourists to come and stay with Pac Bo. A number of programs have been being built such as guiding people in the region to plant seedlings and endemic agricultural products to serve in the relic; Establishing cultural teams in the villages for community cultural exchanges or setting up “friendly” motels, tourism, community cultural houses … All of them use the local people in the area. main subject.
Mr. Truong The Vinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Cao Bang province, said: “Training people to develop tourism based on the community, that is a very important orientation. In the coming time, Cao Bang will focus on on-the-job training of this human resource, such as receptionist skills, serving, training guides and on-site speakers as well as processing ethnic dishes to suitable for many types of guests, developing village cultural teams … With the ultimate aim of developing community-based tourism, not only enhances the livelihood of local people but also contributes part to preserve and promote indigenous cultural values in that locality. “
With the majestic natural landscape and historic sites, the Pac Bo Special National Monument is the pride of many generations of people here in particular and the people of the country in general. . Local authorities and tourism industry are step by step implementing specific works for Pac Bo to become a destination to better serve tourists near and far./.
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