Numerous foreign tourists flock daily to a cultural tourism village in Dong Trieu district, northern Quang Ninh province, to discover the unique cultural identity of the local villagers.
(TITC) – According to Quang Ninh’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first 2 months of 2014, the province attracted 2.4 million tourist arrivals, increasing by 8% over the same period last year.
On the evening of February 24 and early morning of February 25, Quang Ninh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reinstated a festival to pray for good crop of the San Chay ethnic minority group in Dai Duc commune, Tien Yen district.
The specific cultural beauty of Dao ethic people drew many local people and visitors to the Dao ethnic cultural festival in Tien Yen district, the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The second cherry blossom festival will be held in Ha Long park in the northern coastal city of Ha Long in Quang Ninh province in mid March.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in the first month of 2014 is estimated at 722,350, up 7.5 percent from last December and 21 percent against 2013’s January.
In January 2014, total tourist arrivals to the northern province of Quang Ninh reached an estimated 523,000, a 8 percent rise over a year previous, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.
Twelve businesses sought partners and some others signed memoranda of understanding or contracts with partners at the Ha Long Trade, Gastronomy Culture and Tourism Week, said Quang Ninh Television.
Sixty restaurants and hotels are showcasing dishes from more than 20 countries at 120 stands of a food festival, which opened in HCM City on December 5.
The central city of Da Nang has welcomed more than 3.1 million tourists from the beginning of 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has greeted nearly 7 million tourists since the start of the year, 94.3 percent of the year’s plan and a 9 percent increase over a year previous, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Through October 2013, the Quang Ninh tourism sector welcomed more than 6.5 million tourists, reached 84.7 percent of the year’s plan and a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.