Experience flood season at the world's best tourist village in Quang Binh

Lang du lich Tan Hoa o xa Tan Hoa, huyen Minh Hoa, tinh Quang Binh tung duoc To chuc Du lich The gioi (UNWTO) vinh danh la lang du lich tot nhat the gioi vao thang 10.2023. Con bao so 4 do bo vao tuan nay da lam nhieu noi ngap lut. Trong do co lang Tan Hoa, tuy nhien noi nay nguoi dan khong con canh chay lu ma da so song thich ung voi bien doi khi hau, trang bi nha phao tranh lu de dam bao an toan nguoi va tai san.

Tan Hoa tourist village in Tan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province was honored by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as the best tourist village in the world in October 2023. Storm No. 4 made landfall this week, causing flooding in many places, including Tan Hoa village. Speaking to Lao Dong, Mr. Truong Thanh Duyen - Chairman of the People's Committee of Tan Hoa commune (Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh) said that prolonged heavy rain caused more than 400 houses to be deeply flooded on September 20. Photo: NVCC

Lang Tan Hoa nhin tu tren cao, nhung can nha mai xanh chinh la cac can nha phao chong lu. Nhung ngay mua lut nguoi dan Tan Hoa se don len nha phao sinh song, moi gia dinh deu co thuyen go, thuyen nhom de di lai sinh hoat. Trau bo cung chuyen len khu vuc nui cao, hang ngay nguoi dan cheo thuyen cat co cho trau bo an.

However, people no longer have to flee from floods, but most of them adapt to climate change, equipping floating houses to avoid floods to ensure the safety of people and property. The green-roofed houses are floating houses against floods. During rainy and flood days, Tan Hoa people will move to floating houses to live, each family has a wooden boat, aluminum boat to travel and live. Cows and buffaloes also move to high mountain areas, every day people row boats to cut grass for the cows and buffaloes to eat. Photo: NVCC

The floating houses come into play during the flood season. Mr. Nguyen Chau A, General Director of Oxalis Adventure, said: “When the water rises in the Tan Hoa climate-adaptive tourist village, people have floating houses, prepare enough food for the whole month, use clean water from rainwater, and if they run out, they row a boat to Tu Lan Lodge to get it. When the water rises higher, the green houses will float up.” Photo: NVCC

Nhung can nha phao noi lam homestay van co the don khach den o trai nghiem mua lut Tan Hoa. Du lich thich ung thoi tiet chinh la khi nuoc len hay xuong thi van luon san sang don khach. Cac homestay tu nha phao noi cung la thich ung vi nuoc len khong lam hu hai thiet bi va khi nuoc rut co the don khach lai ngay, khong ton cong don dep bun dat.

Floating houses used as homestays can still welcome guests to experience the Tan Hoa flood season. Weather-adaptive tourism means that when the water rises or falls, it is always ready to welcome guests. Homestays from floating houses are also adaptive because rising water does not damage equipment and when the water recedes, guests can be welcomed back immediately, without having to clean up mud. Photo: NVCC

Nhung ngay lu lut o Tan Hoa, thuyen nhom, thuyen go, phao, SUP tro thanh phuong tien di chuyen chinh cua nguoi dan dia phuong cung nhu nhung nguoi lam du lich o day. Theo ong Chau A: “Du lich thich ung thoi tiet la ngay ca khi nuoc len thi cac ho cung cap dich vu an tai nha dan van phuc vu. Ho se nau com moi khach tren cac nha phao, thay vi dap xe di an toi nha dan thi nay khach se cheo kayak di an toi. Tan Hoa co 10 can homestay lam tren nha noi va khach co the o vao nhung ngay ngap lut, homestay co he thong nha ve sinh tu hoai treo va van hoat dong binh thuong khi nuoc len. Khach den Tan Hoa di chuyen vao Tu Lan Lodge bang thuyen, sau do di toi nha dan bang Kayak hoac SUP“.

During the flood in Tan Hoa, aluminum boats, wooden boats, buoys, and SUPs became the main means of transportation for local people as well as those working in tourism here. Photo: NVCC

Theo ong Chau A: “Du lich thich ung thoi tiet la ngay ca khi nuoc len thi cac ho cung cap dich vu an tai nha dan van phuc vu. Ho se nau com moi khach tren cac nha phao, thay vi dap xe di an toi nha dan thi nay khach se cheo kayak di an toi. Tan Hoa co 10 can homestay lam tren nha noi va khach co the o vao nhung ngay ngap lut, homestay co he thong nha ve sinh tu hoai treo va van hoat dong binh thuong khi nuoc len. Khach den Tan Hoa di chuyen vao Tu Lan Lodge bang thuyen, sau do di toi nha dan bang Kayak hoac SUP“.

Mr. Chau A commented: “Weather-adaptive tourism is that even when the water rises, the households providing home-cooked meals will still serve. They will cook rice to invite guests on floating houses, instead of cycling to have dinner at the local house, now guests will kayak to have dinner. Tan Hoa has 10 homestays built on floating houses and guests can stay on flooded days, the homestay has a hanging septic tank system and still operates normally when the water rises. Guests coming to Tan Hoa travel to Tu Lan Lodge by boat, then go to the local house by kayak or SUP”. Photo: NVCC

Phong canh thien nhien hung vy va tho mong cua lang Tan Hoa mua lu lut.

Majestic and poetic natural scenery of Tan Hoa village during flood season. Photo: NVCC

Tu Lan Lodge nhin tu tren cao. O vi tri cao nhat lang Tan Hoa va duoc xay dung tren trien nui, nuoc lut khong the dang den nen noi nay con la dia diem cung cap nuoc sach, sac dien thoai, tru lut khi can thiet cho nguoi dan.

Tu Lan Lodge seen from above. Located at the highest point of Tan Hoa village, the resort is built on a mountainside, where floodwaters cannot reach. This place also provides clean water, phone charging, and flood shelter when necessary for the people. Photo: NVCC

Nguoi dan di chuyen bang do, phao. Den Tan Hoa, du khach se thay ke ca vao mua mua lu, cuoc song van giu duoc net binh yen, sinh hoat cua nguoi dan dien ra binh thuong.

People travel by boat and buoy. Coming to Tan Hoa, visitors will see that even in the rainy season, life remains peaceful and people's activities go on as usual. Photo: NVCC

Nguoi dan don nha sau lu tiep tuc don khach sang 21.9. Muc tieu den nam 2025, Tan Hoa se tro thanh lang du lich thich ung voi thoi tiet doc dao cua Viet Nam va the gioi voi nhieu san pham du lich moi, hap dan du khach trong nuoc va quoc te.

People cleaning up their houses after the flood continued to welcome visitors on the morning of September 21. The goal by 2025 is that Tan Hoa will become a unique climate-adapted tourist village in Vietnam and the world, with many new tourism products, attracting domestic and international visitors. Photo: NVCC