The town features a dinosaur museum, Earth Experience Hall, and historic home.
Farther along Route 74, Hobetsu's northern area, Inasato, features an onsen and seasonal camp ground.
[4] Official Business: 135 Real Estate: 2 Service: 522 Circulation of Money & Insurance: 12 Wholesale Trade & Retail: 217 Transportation & Communication: 80 Electricity, Gas, Thermal Supply & Aqueduct: 4 Production: 100 Construction: 302 Mining: 12 Forestry: 112 Farming: 483 The 2006 Handbook does not distinguish between Hobetsu or Mukawa regarding land usage.
Of this total area, the land usage is divided into the following categories:[5] Housing Site: 5.39 km2 Wilderness: 9.75 km2 Mixed-breed Area: 9.93 km2 Ranch: 13.64 km2 Fields with Crops: 18.9 km2 Rice Fields: 38.51 km2 Swamp: 0.09 km2 Forest: 517.81 km2 Other: 98.89 km2 As with the proceeding information, the following comes from the Mukawa 2006 Handbook.
Hygienic (衛生費): 9億2,530万円 (10.1%) Intersection Bond (公債費): 16億399万円 (17.6%) National Welfare (民生費): 16億5,138万円 (18.2%) General Affairs (総務費): 14億7,607万円 (16.2%) Engineering Works (土木費): 8億6,944万円 (9.5%) Education (教育費): 6億8,774万円 (7.6%) Commercial (商工費): 2億7,896万円 (3.1%) Agriculture, Forestry & Marine Products (農林水産費): 3億5,302万円 (9.4%) Fire Fighting (消防費): 5億8,283万円 (6.4%) National Assembly (議会費): 1億4,210万円 (1.6%) Others: 1,988万円 (0.3%) Total: 90億8,891万円