Hanoi’s first-ever lotus festival, held from July 12-16 and participated by more than 50,000 visitors, was a great success, opening high prospects for the capital city to build a unique cultural and tourism brand.
The tourism industry is gradually painting an image of a colourful Vietnam with four vibrant festival seasons, as various culture weeks and months and festivals organised year round across the country have drawn a large number of both domestic and foreign tourists.
Impressive results in the tourist number and revenue in many southern localities in the first quarter of this year showed that the growth of sector of the region has remained stable, signaling a good summer season in the second quarter.
VOV.VN - The 20th Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival is scheduled to take place from April 4 to 7 at 23/9 Park in District 1 to display hundreds of tourism products from across the country.
Vietnam’s traditional festivals as well as those which are shaping up their brand, are adding lustre to local tourism while spurring the country to join hands with other ASEAN member states to develop sustainable festival tourism.
The Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 26 organised a workshop on ASEAN festival tourism.
VOV.VN - The 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival attracted roughly 190,000 visitors with travel firms grossing VND105 billion in revenue during the course of the four-day event, according to details given by the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City.
VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) is willing to co-operate alongside Vietnam to develop its cultural industry through efforts such as bringing in famous Korean bands to perform and helping to promote exchanges among young people from both countries.
VOV.VN - A tourism festival themed ‘Hanoi – Come to Love’ will take place in the capital from May 13-15, introducing to visitors new, impressive tourism products, said organisers at a press briefing on May 6.
VOV.VN - The 18th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival is expected to promote tourism activities taking place in provinces and cities nationwide, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.