January begins with Spring festivals, cultural activities imbued with traditional identity and beautiful natural scenery, which is an attraction for those who love culture, beliefs and love to explore and experience.
The bustle at spiritual tourist sites, amusement and entertainment spots, and natural attractions during the last Lunar New Year is a good signal for the capital’s tourism industry in particular and the whole country in general during the year. this 2023.
Attractive destinations in Hanoi
After many years of being affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit marks a strong recovery of the tourism industry when the demand for spring travel increases.
Right in Hanoi, a series of destinations are always crowded, queuing to buy tickets, participating in cultural activities.
Many destinations recorded a sudden increase in the number of visitors compared to the years before the epidemic. For example: Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic welcomes 150,000 visitors in 5 days of Tet; Perfume Pagoda welcomes 130,000 visitors in 4 days of Tet; The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long welcomes 3.3 thousand visitors in 5 days of Tet.
Currently, although the Lunar New Year has passed, destinations in Hanoi continue to record an increase in the number of visitors.
Some tourist attractions and zones have focused on improving the quality of tourism services, launching many new tourism programs and products as well as organizing cultural activities and art performances to stimulate demand. attract tourists to visit and experience.
The Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center – Hanoi will resume the night tour “Deciphering the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long” on February 10.
The Vietnam Literature Museum also reopened the literary tour “Tai and Tam” on the evening of February 11. Hoa Lo Prison Relic is regarding to launch the 3rd night tour “Fire of Youth.”
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The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups organizes the “Spring Color Festival in all regions of the country” in 2023 on February 11-12 with many activities to introduce the beauty of customs, traditions and festivals of the Vietnamese people. ethnic communities on the occasion of the new year.
Director of the Center for Cultural and Scientific Activities Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam Le Xuan Kieu shared that compared to many years ago, January this year recorded a very high growth in the number of visitors coming to visit, offer incense and ask for initials. year. This is also a good signal in attracting visitors to the monument in particular and to Hanoi in general in 2023.
Elephant procession at Giong Xuan Quy Mao Festival 2023. (Source: VNA)In order to create an attraction for the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site, in addition to embellishing, decorating, and visual display, the center continues to organize many cultural activities to promote heritage values and ethics is kept here.
Besides, many other scenic spots and entertainment spots of Hanoi also invested in facilities, organized many activities to attract visitors. Dan Phuong eco-tourism area invests in decorative design to welcome Spring, arrange miniatures and add a variety of beautiful flowers.
Bao Son Paradise Park put into operation the Fly Over Vietnam movie theater from the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year. This is the first flying cinema in Vietnam and the only one in Southeast Asia, possessing modern technology…
Walking spaces in Hanoi, Bat Trang pottery village, Duong Lam ancient village, Ba Vi National Park… continue to prepare all conditions to welcome guests on this occasion.
Exciting trend of spring travel to a new land
For the people of Hanoi, the need spring travel discover new lands, places with beautiful natural scenery, rich in cultural identity, always on the rise. These are river gardens in the Mekong Delta, Phu Quoc, Con Dao, Quy Nhon… in the South and South Central; or Sa Pa, Moc Chau, Cao Bang, Ha Giang…in the East-Northwest.
Ha Giang Tourism. (Photo: Nam Thai/VNA)Especially in the northern mountainous region, which is the blooming season of peach, plum, pear, yellow canola flowers, and the magic of the mountains and forests, the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities are becoming more attractive. Currently, these tourist destinations are always crowded with tourists.
However, as noted by Hanoi travel agencies, this year, the trend of families or groups of tourists to organize their own trips accounts for the majority, instead of registering through companies. Explaining this, people think that organizing travel will save costs, especially in the condition that the economy has not completely recovered and this is especially convenient for close routes, which can go back and forth. during the day. Moreover, self-sufficient travel will be proactive in time, proactive in visiting destinations.
Ms. Duong Mai Lan, General Director of Thuan An Travel and Events Joint Stock Company – Ascend Travel And Media said that not only Hanoi, that was the general situation of the tourism industry in the country at the beginning of this year.
For those with financial conditions, who can arrange a long time, they will choose foreign tours. After temporarily suspending foreign tours and now the epidemic situation in countries has basically stabilized, the resumption of tours has stimulated a large number of people to travel abroad.
During the period from the Lunar New Year to the present, there has been a clear growth in the number of foreign tourists. With this audience, most of them register through travel agencies.
On January 22 (that is, the 1st day of the Lunar New Year), the visitors of Flamingo Redours Tourism Joint Stock Company first departed in the year of the Rabbit year 2023, joining the 6-day Tokyo-Hokkaido journey to explore the spring of Japan. During the Tet holiday this year, at Flamingo Redtours, it was recorded that new routes, new experiences such as Hokkaido, Kawazu – Koyasan temple (Japan), Chiang Mai (Thailand), Busan (Korea), Botanic Garden (Japan) Singapore)… get a lot traveler options besides the traditional tour.
This year, the capital’s tourism industry strives to really recover and develop, maintaining its role as a major tourist center of the country; continue to build the image of Hanoi as a safe and attractive tourist destination.
Director of the Department Traveling Hanoi Dang Huong Giang said the industry will focus on developing tourism products; planning and investing in developing tourism infrastructure in a synchronous, professional, modern and environmentally friendly direction; and at the same time propagate, promote, promote and cooperate in tourism association with key tourism markets./.
Dinh Thuan (VNA/Vietnam+)
