The Can Tho Tourism Festival 2020 will open in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on November 27. Traditional music, dances and songs in praise of the culture and lifestyle of Can Tho will be featured at the three-day event. (Photo courtesy of the organiser) Can Tho (VNA)- A three-day tourism festival will open inthe Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on November 27.
The event will include 12cultural and arts programmes featuring hundreds of performers from leading arttroupes of Can Tho and other provinces in the region.
Street shows of traditionalmartial arts and dances will be included.
The festival will also includefolk games, artistic performances, and cooking and sports competitions.
Tai tu (a traditional music genre of theSouth) performances will be staged at the Cai Rang floating market, one of theregion’s most popular tourist destinations. Highlighted performances willfeature Vietnam’s historical events and national heroes.
Food courts will introducetraditional dishes and fruits from local farms.
The event will feature paperlanterns placed on the river to wish for happiness and good harvests.
Local tourist agencies havebeen encouraged to offer new eco-tours at reasonable prices for local andforeign visitors.
Last year, Can Tho attracted5.3 million visitors, earning more than 1.8 trillion VND (79 million USD). Ithas 37 homestay and eco-tourism sites.
This year, the city plans todevelop eco-tourism services and promote cultural and tourism activities at theCai Rang floating market and Ninh Kieu Wharf.
The organisers, thecity’s People’s Committee in co-operation with the Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism, will host a light festival called Dem Tay Do Huyen Ao (Magical Night in CanTho) in Ninh Kieu district’s Cai Khe commune on November 28 and 29.
The streets will be illuminatedwith many LED lights and coloured lanterns.
Lighting performances willfeature the beauty of Can Tho. The development and activities of Can Tho andits people in the past centuries will also be included.
More than 200 lanterns inshapes of lotuses will be placed on Can Tho River.
"The Can Tho TourismFestival 2020 and the light festival ĐêmTây Đô Huyền Ảo in particular will be a rendezvous forresidents and visitors to visit, take photos and goshopping," said Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Vice Chairman of the Ninh KieuDistrict People’s Committee.
“The event was scheduled toopen in August and the city decided to postpone it due to COVID-19pandemic. We hope our festival will promote Can Tho’s tourist activitiesand introduce the city’s culture and lifestyle to people nationwide,” he said.
Local tourist agencies willoffer new eco-tours at reasonable prices at the Cai Rang floating marketand Ninh Kieu Wharf for visitors. More than 10,000 people areexpected to visit Can Tho during the festival./.
VNA
