Quang Ninh’s Winter Carnival 2022 to take place on December 24

Winter Carnival 2022 will take place in the Tuan Chau International Tourist Complex in Ha Long city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, on December 24.
Quang Ninh’s Winter Carnival 2022 to take place on December 24 ảnh 1A street performance in Winter Carnival 2022. (Photo: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Winter Carnival 2022 will takeplace in the Tuan Chau International Tourist Complex in Ha Long city, thenortheastern province of Quang Ninh, on December 24.

Vice chairman of Ha Long city People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc Sonsaid the carnival themed Colours of Wonder will be a feast of music and light, with a mobile stage to be used for the first time. 

He added that the carnival is expected to promote Ha Long tourism with four-seasontourist products.

To further attract tourists to Ha Long during the low season,the city’s authorities have launched various tourism promotion activities to approach newmarkets and groups of high-paying tourists.

The locality encouraged businesses to provide customers withdiversified experiences, tours, and hotel services at reasonable prices duringthe low season.

The city is actively preparing year-end festivals and the LunarNew Year 2023, some of which were launched on December 18 such as the Food Fair"Colours of Wonder", electronic dance music show “Diamond Island EDMParty”, a Carnival Dance Contest, aircraft and seaplanes performance, street bandperformance and street art circus.

So far this year, Quang Ninh province attracted about 11.6million visitors, 2.6 times higher than that in 2021 and 21.7% higher thanplanned. Its tourism revenue reached nearly 25.2 trillion VND (approximately 1 billion USD), 3.2 times higherthan that in 2021 and 32.5% higher than planned./.

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