Waterfall tourism plan announced

Friday, Aug 18, 2017 14:00

The Ban Gioc Waterfall lies on a stretch of the Viet Nam-China border in Trung Khanh District of the northern province of Cao Bang, some 90kms away from Cao Bang City. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet

Detailed plans for the Ban Gioc Waterfall tourism site were announced yesterday by Cao Bang Province’s People’s Committee and the Ministry of Construction.

The master plan was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in April this year.

The waterfall is the fourth largest border waterfall in the world and was named one of the ten most spectacular waterfalls in the world by travel site Touropia.

The announcement calls for investment to turn the Ban Gioc Waterfall into a key local and national tourism site, contributing to boosting the development of the northern mountainous province and the region.

Under the plan, the Ban Gioc Waterfall tourist site will cover 1,000ha while the central area of the site will cover 156.7ha.

Facilities will be also built in the zone to serve tourism, including hotels and service areas.

The tourist site is expected to welcome approximately 750,000 visitors per year and have more than 1,000 rooms for tourists by 2020. By 2030, the tourist site is estimated to receive 1.2 million visitors and have some 1,750 rooms for visitors.

The central area of the Ban Gioc Waterfall tourist site is set to have four areas including the Ban Gioc aterfall landscape, the landscape along the Quay Son River, the mountainous forestry landscape ecology and the agricultural landscape ecology.

Ban Gioc is in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, on the border with China’s Guangxi Province. It is 53 metres high and 300 metres wide and has three levels of smaller waterfalls.

In 2016, the tourism site welcomed more than 178,000 visitors. — VNS

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