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Planning on Ban Gioc waterfall tourism site approved

The Prime Minister has recently approved a master plan to develop Ban Gioc waterfall tourism site in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang into a key tourist attraction.
Planning on Ban Gioc waterfall tourism site approved ảnh 1Ban Gioc waterfall in Cao Bang province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has recently approved a master planto develop Ban Gioc waterfall tourism site in the northern mountainous provinceof Cao Bang into a key tourist attraction.

The plan is to boost local socio-economic development and ensure security anddefence.

Under the planning, some 1,000 hectares of land will be zoned off for the BanGioc waterfall tourism site while 156.7 hectares will be for Ban Gioc waterfalltourism centre.

It expects to welcome 750,000 visitors by 2020 and 1.2 million people by 2030. Accommodationservices will increase from 1,010 rooms by 2020 to 1,750 rooms by 2030.

The tourism centre is designed to consist of Ban Gioc waterfall landscape, sceneryareas along Quay Son river, hill and mountain ecological landscapes andagricultural ecological landscapes.

Ban Gioc warterfall landscape will be built on 20 hectares to preserve anddevelop standout landscape such as the main waterfall and auxiliary waterfall, paddyfields, pine hills, creeks and perennial trees. Facilities will be also builtin the zone to serve tourism.

Meanwhile, river tourism, decorative wood bridges and wharves will be developedin the scenery area along the Quay Son river which covers 22 hectares.

The agricultural ecological landscape stretches over 31 hectares, consisting ofthe paddy fields of Toong Dua, Na Gao, To Ma and Na Gao.

Ban Gioc is in Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district, on the border with China’sGuangxi province. The waterfall has two parts with the main lower part in theChinese locality and the higher part in Trung Khanh district. It is 53 metreshigh and 300 metres wide and has three levels of smaller waterfalls.

The waterfall is the fourth largest border waterfall in the world and was namedone of the ten most spectacular waterfalls in the world by the travel siteTouropia. -VNA

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