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Hanoi to host Tourism Gift Festival in October

The Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2023 will be organised from October 6-8 in the capital city as part of a series of activities to mark the 69th anniversary of its Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2023).
Hanoi to host Tourism Gift Festival in October ảnh 1 Hanoi hosts 50 tourism promotion events in 2023 to attract more visitors coming to the capital city (Photo: chinhphu.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2023 will be organised from October 6-8 in the capital city as part of a series of activities to mark the 69th anniversary of its Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2023).

Several activities will be held during the three-day event, including a seminar on tourism gift manufacturing and development in Hanoi, tourism promotion programmes, a food area, art performances, a photo exhibition and 80 booths introducing unique gift products of tourism gift producing units and businesses, among others.

Besides, festival-goers will also have a chance to capture beautiful photos with thematic landscape photography spaces to promote and honor Hanoi's traditional craft villages such as Phu Vinh bamboo and rattan village, Chang Son paper fan village, Van Phuc silk village, Thach Xa dragonfly village and Bat Trang pottery village.

There will be events in response to the "24h - Hanoi come to love" campaign; a cyclo parade to bring festival gifts closer to tourists on streets; flashmob dance performances and street activities, among others.

The event is expected to stimulate tourism, promote image of the capital city - an attractive and safe tourist destination to draw more domestic and international tourists, and create opportunities for artisans, craft villages and production units to introduce the quintessence of the city’s craft village products./.

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