Many tourists choose Y Ty as the tourism destination

From Lao Cai city, upstream of the Red River in the northwest direction for more than 30 km, the tourists will come to the border land of Trinh Tuong, where there is the temple to Mother Thuong Ngan - one of the four Mother Goddesses that governs different regions of Vietnam. The temple is located on the right bank of the Red River, right next to the border marker 94(2). Mother Trinh Tuong Temple was built by local people according to Vietnamese beliefs for many generations. This is considered a spiritual milestone affirming and marking the sovereignty of the northern border of the country. Up to now, with the attention of all levels, branches and socialization sources, the temple has been restored and embellished spaciously, superficially, with the clean, beautiful and spacious campus. Every year, on the occasion of March 10 (lunar calendar), the People's Committee of Bat Xat district jubilantly organizes the Mother Temple Festival, attracting thousands of tourists from all over the world to visit and worship.

Going back to A Mu Sung - where the Red River flows into Vietnam, the tourists can admire Lung Po Flagpole standing tall and proud like a loyal patriotic soldier, dignified, steady, day and night preserving every inch of sacred land of the Fatherland. Looking down from the flagpole, the Red River is red and alluvial, flowing downhill, bringing the vitality of the high mountains to the lowland crop. Lung Po flagpole also has an important meaning in affirming national border sovereignty, traditional education and patriotism for the young generation and has now become an attractive tourist destination for the visitors. Nguyen Ngoc Cuong - one Hanoi tourist shared that: "The first time I stood on the top of the flagpole, looking at my country, I felt very sacred, the emotions were indescribable, speechless...”.

Located at an altitude of over 2,000 m above sea level, Y Ty is poetic with a year-round cool climate and beautiful scenery that captivates people's hearts. With the peaks of Nhiu Co San and Lao Than mountains in four seasons with fog, clouds covered with vast primeval forests and picturesque terraced fields on the mountain slopes, Y Ty has many strengths to develop eco-tourism and experience. In winter, when the temperature drops to low, Y Ty often has snow and ice phenomenon. The narrow roads, the houses of the Ha Nhi people and the primeval forest covered with white snow make the land of Y Ty seem to put on a beautiful, shimmering, fanciful, romantic dress like the sky in Europe and autumn to attract lots of tourists from all over the country to come and visit.

In recent years, Y Ty is becoming an ideal tourist destination for those who are passionate about exploring mountaineering tourism with the peak of Lao Than 2,860 m high and Nhiu Cu San peak 2,965 m high above sea level. In addition to the beautiful scenery, Y Ty is the land that also preserves many good traditional cultural values of the local ethnic groups. Mr. Ly Mo Xe, a resident of Choan Then village, Y Ty commune, said that: "The Ha Nhi people in Y Ty have many festivals such as Old Quarter, Ga ma o, Chicken tho tho... This is a special cultural feature. It has been preserved by the Ha Nhi people for generations, and continues to be preserved until now”.

In order for tourism to become the leading economic sector of the district, Bat Xat has been concretized by Project No. 05 on "Tourism development associated with conservation and promotion of cultural identities of ethnic groups in Bat Xat district in the period 2020 - 2025.” Currently, in addition to effectively exploiting the available potentials, strengthening Covid-19 prevention and control activities to create a safe destination for tourists, Bat Xat is focusing on surveying, making documents of request for recognition of new tourist routes and attractions in the area; at the same time, strengthening tourism advertising and promotion; developing services; and seeking out new tourism products with attractive characteristics. Despite being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, since the beginning of the year until now, Bat Xat has welcomed more than 23,000 tourists... This is a positive signal for the local tourism industry.