Xuan Son National Park in Tan Son district of the northern midlandprovince of Phu Tho, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched naturalbeauty and original cultural identities of ethnic people, is receivinginvestment to make it a tourist hotspot and help drive the locality’ssocio-economic growth.
About 120 km from Hanoi,Xuan Son National Park covers more than 15,000 hectares. It is the 12thlargest national park in Vietnam with 84 percent forest coverage.
With pure water and clean air, temperatures in Xuan Son average 22-23degrees Celsius all year round. One day at the park sees the fourseasons: the morning is as cool as spring, noon is as warm as summer,the wind in the afternoon is as gentle as that in autumn and the eveninghas a little winter coldness.
The park is home to365 animal species, including 46 listed in Vietnam’s Red Book and 18others in the World Red Book. Xuan Son is home to typical species of thenorthwestern region such as langurs, gibbons, civets, squirrels, bears,leopards, pheasants and peacock pheasants.
Thepark has 726 species of vascular plants. At the intersection of florafrom Indo-Malaysia and China’s Huanan regions, Xuan Son’s vegetation isdominated by chestnut trees, oaks and magnolias alongside such typicalplants of the northwestern region as “tau muoi” (Vatica odorata), “saomat quy” (Hopea mollissima), “cho chi” (Parashoreachinensis), “ nghien” (Burretiodendron hsienmu ) and “kim giao” (Nageia fleuryi).
Besides its rich flora andfauna, the park also owns numerous striking natural landscapes likethree 1,000 meter-plus high peaks, namely Mount Voi, Mount Ten and MountCan as well as hundreds of caves, streams and waterfalls.
Additionally, ethnic groups residing in the park still maintain theirown culture in costumes, festivals, handicrafts, brocades, dances andcuisine. Moreover, Xuan Son together with Tam Dao in Vinh Phuc provinceand Ba Vi in Hanoi form a triangle of spectacular landscapes andlegendary sites.
Thanks to the foregoing advantages,it is favourable to develop numerous types of tourism like eco-tourism,adventure, medical and community tourism. The park now welcomes 5,000 –10,000 visitors every year, 5 – 10 percent of them tourists.
However, the site’s tourism business is spontaneous and lacking of aconcrete plan and orientations, thus it has neither drawn large numbersof visitors nor earned healthy profits.
In the shortterm, the Phu Tho People’s Committee is focusing on developingessential infrastructure in Xuan Son National Park. A number ofpreferential policies have also been issued to call upon businesses toinvest in rural and mountainous areas which have potential for tourism.
Currently, many projects are being fast-tracked, forexample an 84 billion VND (4 million USD) project to build facilitiesfor the route Lap hamlet – Tho Than cave – Na cave – Lung Troiwaterfall; a 105 billion VND project to construct a tourist informationcentre, lodging, a nature museum and roads; and a 6.772 trillion VNDproject to build a 54 km road connecting the park and the temple of HungKings who founded Vietnam.
The province has workedout a plan for the construction of a cable route linking Mount Voi,Mount Ten and Mount Can, offering tourists a clear view over Hoa Binhand Son La hydropower plants, Tam Dao tourism site and the Hung Kingstemple.
The investment in Xuan Son National Park ishoped to reduce poverty and tap the existing potential of the locality.It is expected to receive 15,000 domestic and foreign tourists by 2015and 30,000 by 2020.-VNA
About 120 km from Hanoi,Xuan Son National Park covers more than 15,000 hectares. It is the 12thlargest national park in Vietnam with 84 percent forest coverage.
With pure water and clean air, temperatures in Xuan Son average 22-23degrees Celsius all year round. One day at the park sees the fourseasons: the morning is as cool as spring, noon is as warm as summer,the wind in the afternoon is as gentle as that in autumn and the eveninghas a little winter coldness.
The park is home to365 animal species, including 46 listed in Vietnam’s Red Book and 18others in the World Red Book. Xuan Son is home to typical species of thenorthwestern region such as langurs, gibbons, civets, squirrels, bears,leopards, pheasants and peacock pheasants.
Thepark has 726 species of vascular plants. At the intersection of florafrom Indo-Malaysia and China’s Huanan regions, Xuan Son’s vegetation isdominated by chestnut trees, oaks and magnolias alongside such typicalplants of the northwestern region as “tau muoi” (Vatica odorata), “saomat quy” (Hopea mollissima), “cho chi” (Parashoreachinensis), “ nghien” (Burretiodendron hsienmu ) and “kim giao” (Nageia fleuryi).
Besides its rich flora andfauna, the park also owns numerous striking natural landscapes likethree 1,000 meter-plus high peaks, namely Mount Voi, Mount Ten and MountCan as well as hundreds of caves, streams and waterfalls.
Additionally, ethnic groups residing in the park still maintain theirown culture in costumes, festivals, handicrafts, brocades, dances andcuisine. Moreover, Xuan Son together with Tam Dao in Vinh Phuc provinceand Ba Vi in Hanoi form a triangle of spectacular landscapes andlegendary sites.
Thanks to the foregoing advantages,it is favourable to develop numerous types of tourism like eco-tourism,adventure, medical and community tourism. The park now welcomes 5,000 –10,000 visitors every year, 5 – 10 percent of them tourists.
However, the site’s tourism business is spontaneous and lacking of aconcrete plan and orientations, thus it has neither drawn large numbersof visitors nor earned healthy profits.
In the shortterm, the Phu Tho People’s Committee is focusing on developingessential infrastructure in Xuan Son National Park. A number ofpreferential policies have also been issued to call upon businesses toinvest in rural and mountainous areas which have potential for tourism.
Currently, many projects are being fast-tracked, forexample an 84 billion VND (4 million USD) project to build facilitiesfor the route Lap hamlet – Tho Than cave – Na cave – Lung Troiwaterfall; a 105 billion VND project to construct a tourist informationcentre, lodging, a nature museum and roads; and a 6.772 trillion VNDproject to build a 54 km road connecting the park and the temple of HungKings who founded Vietnam.
The province has workedout a plan for the construction of a cable route linking Mount Voi,Mount Ten and Mount Can, offering tourists a clear view over Hoa Binhand Son La hydropower plants, Tam Dao tourism site and the Hung Kingstemple.
The investment in Xuan Son National Park ishoped to reduce poverty and tap the existing potential of the locality.It is expected to receive 15,000 domestic and foreign tourists by 2015and 30,000 by 2020.-VNA
