Traditional festivals create impressive Ba Ria–Vung Tau
VOV.VN - Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has played an important role in the reclamation and development of the southern region over the past 300 years. Annual festivals reflecting the local culture have been tourist draws for the province.
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In addition to traditional festivals, new culture and tourism festivals, kite festivals, and sea festivals are being organized every year to attract more visitors.
Ho Van Loi, former Director of the provincial Culture, Sports, and Tourism Department, said “The province has outlined an overall plan for all of the year’s events and festivals and has set up a program to widely promote them. Provincial communications channels have closely coordinated to support the program.”
Ba Ria-Vung Tau has increased tourism promotion by participating in trade fairs at home and abroad, advertising, and entering joint ventures. It has raised tourism events and festivals to national and international levels.
Nguyen Van Trinh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, cited the success of the sea festival in early September.
“The province wants to make festival tourism one of its spearhead economic sectors. To develop tourism, a number of solutions have been deployed while strengthening links to other localities, regions, and international partners. We have raised local people’s awareness of their responsibility to show hospitality to visitors,” Trinh said.
The province has branded a number of festivals as specifically Ba Ria Vung Tau festivals, such as its annual kite festival, which attracts artisans from around the world.
One kite festival attendee commented “Vung Tau has done an excellent job of organizing this festival and attracting visitors from other provinces. I like the local festivals and hope that the province will hold them every year so that whenever Vung Tau is mentioned, people will think of the festivals.”
Ba Ria-Vung Tau is becoming a venue for international competitions like the World Chess Championship, the Mrs. World Pageant, the World Food Festival, and the International Women's Volleyball Championship.
