Tay Ninh (VNA) – The People’sCommittee of southern Tay Ninh province has approved a master plan for theconstruction of the Ba Den national tourist site to 2035, which will besubmitted to the Government for approval soon.
According to the plan, the area coversnearly 3,000 hectares spanning Ninh Son, Ninh Thanh wards and Thanh Tan communeof Tay Ninh city, and parts of Suoi Da and Phan communes of Duong Minh Chaudistrict.
The site will be synchronised withfunctional areas for trade, tourism, culture-sport, entertainment,accommodation, as well as area for scientific, natural and environmentalresearch.
As many as 1,147 hectares, or 38.27 percentof total area of the site, will be developed for tourism, services andaccommodation. Meanwhile, an area of 100 hectares will be used for researchactivities.
Particularly, the majority of the 1,544 haspecial-purposed forest area in the site is will be untouched.
Tay Ninh will improve transportinfrastructure system connecting the site with Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Long Anprovinces and Ho Chi Minh City to lure more tourists to the site.
Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain is famous forits majestic landscapes and magnificent caves and pagodas, and is part of theNui Ba Relic Complex in Tay Ninh province.
The complex spreads over an area of 24square kilometres and comprises three mountains: Heo (Pig) Mountain, Phung(Phoenix) Mountain and Ba Den Mountain.
Ba Den is the highest peak, rising to theheight of 986 metres. Besides the landscape, the site, with many pagodas andcaves, is considered one of the most famous spiritual lands in the south,worshipping Linh Son Thanh Mau (Linh Son Holy Mother). The most populardestinations at the site are the Ba Temple Complex, old pagodas like Ha Pagoda,Thuong Pagoda and Hang Pagoda and caves on the mountain.-
The site received one million visitorsduring just 12 days from the first to the 12th day of the Lunar Year (February16-27).-VNA