With potential advantages for tourism development such as beautiful natural scenery and bold traditional cultural identities of ethnic minorities. In recent years, Tan Lac district (Hoa Binh province) has become a new and unique tourist destination, attracting a large number of domestic and international tourists to visit and experience. The district pays special attention to developing homestay community tourism, building it as an attractive destination that contributes to the socio-economic development of the district. 

Landscape of Chieng hamlet, Van Son commune, Tan Lac district

Gifted by nature with many beautiful landscapes and a cool climate, the highland community of Tan Lac district (including three communes: Van Son, Quyet Chien, Ngo Luong) still preserves many traditional cultural values ​​associated with Muong people's identity such as ancient stilt houses, costumes, traditional festivals, Mo Muong performances, folk games, and cuisine. In order to promote the potential and strengths of tourism development, on December 17, 2022, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 13-NQ/TU on building highland communes in Tan Lac district to become tourist areas. provincial level by 2030, vision to 2050. Implementing the project to build highland communes in Tan Lac district to become provincial-level tourist areas by 2030, vision to 2050, the district orients to develop cultural tourism community culture associated with the traditional cultural identity of the Muong ethnic group such as supporting and encouraging the restoration and development of traditional crafts, traditional costumes, and national cuisine; diversifying the nation's cultural and artistic forms, folk games, folk songs, folk dance, and folk music of the Muong ethnic people. In recent years, the district has paid attention to developing tourism infrastructure such as: Provincial road 440 connecting national highway 6 (at Cho Lo intersection) with highland communes; Lac Son highland inter-district road to Tan Lac; Road 312A connects highland communes of Tan Lac district with Mai Chau district and Ba Thuoc district (Thanh Hoa); Upgrade and concretize inter-commune and inter-village roads.

To promote tourism development, especially homestay community tourism, the Party Committee and authorities of the three highland communes of Tan Lac have oriented people, especially households with the ability to do community tourism and create conditions for households to access the Bank's capital to build and renovate housing estates and restore traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic groups in the area. The commune mobilizes the community to clean village roads and alleys to create a green, clean and beautiful landscape and environment. Along with that, coordinate with neighboring localities to create attractive tours and tourist routes to attract more and more tourists to the locality.

Experience picking tangerines in the highlands of Van Son commune, Tan Lac 

One highlight that creates the attraction of Tan Lac highland is the experience when participating in Homestay tourism services. Outstanding community tourism associated with the Muong community in Chien hamlet (Van Son commune). Tourists coming here will experience tours associated with rural agriculture such as visiting orchards, vegetable and fruit cooperatives in Van Son and Quyet Chien communes, sightseeing, mountain and forest landscapes, caves (Nui Kien cave, Nam Son cave), waterfalls (Thung waterfall), explore nature at Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve. Among them, we must mention the festivals that attract a large number of people and tourists such as Xuong Dong Festival, Khai Ha Festival, etc. Maintaining the regular organization of these festivals is also the way that Tan Lac preserves, preserving the values ​​of traditional culture and art. These are also huge cultural tourism potentials of Tan Lac land, which are respected, preserved and developed by the locality.

According to the leaders of the District People's Committee, Tan Lac aims to strive to basically complete 50% of the conditions to recognize the district's highland communes as provincial-level tourist areas by 2025; welcomed 50 thousand tourists (about 5,000 international visitors); Social revenue from tourism reached about 30 billion VND; Average income per capita reaches 40 - 45 million VND/person/year. By 2030, 100% of conditions will be completed and recognized as a provincial-level tourist area; welcomed 115 thousand tourists (about 15 thousand international visitors); Social revenue from tourism is about 100 billion VND. And tourism will become a key economic sector of the district, contributing to economic restructuring, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and creating many jobs for people. At the same time, through tourism activities, it contributes to preserving and promoting national cultural identity, meeting the discovery needs of tourists.