Nine Layers Fall in Xuan Son National Park (Source: VNA)
Phu Tho (VNA) – The Xuan Son National Park in northern Phu Tho province’sTan Son district is developing community tourism services to attract moretourists.
Located about 120km away from Hanoi, the park has a total area of more than15,000 hectares and 84 percent of them are forests. It has impressive springs,falls, mountains, caves and a daily changing climate.
There are 726 species of high-class plants and 365 species of animals in thepark, which has the largest number of chamois in the country.
More than 10 households in Tan Son’s Xuan Son commune in the core area of thepark offer homestay services for tourists. The households can serve a total of300 tourists each day.
Tourists using the homestay services can experience the life of Muong and Dao ethnicgroups and enjoy their special dishes made from spring fish, bamboo shoots,glutinous rice and chicken. Tourists can also participate in the dailyproduction of locals.
Phu Tho province aims to have the park regconised as a national tourism siteand targets 30,000 visitors next year. The park receives between 5,000 and10,000 visitors a year. - VNA
Xuan Son National Park in Tan Son district of the northern midland province of Phu Tho, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched natural beauty and original cultural identities of ethnic people, is receiving investment to make it a tourist hotspot and help drive the locality’s socio-economic growth.
The northern province of Phu Tho will spend over 5.8 trillion VND (272.6 million USD) developing its tourism sector from now until 2020, to turn the sector into the province’s economic spearhead industry.
Two new Castanopsis (chinquapin) species have recently been discovered in the Xuan Son National Park in the northern midland province of Phu Tho, bringing the total number of the species of the genus found in the park to eight.
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Nine Layers Fall in Xuan Son National Park (Source: VNA) 
