Vinh Phuc province promises impressive summer for tourists

A wide range of special cultural and tourism activities are awaiting travellers in the northern province of Vinh Phuc this summer.
Vinh Phuc province promises impressive summer for tourists ảnh 1A dancing performance at the opening ceremony of Vinh Phuc's travel season (Photo: VNA)

Vinh Phuc (VNA) – A wide range of special culturaland tourism activities are awaiting travellers in the northern province of VinhPhuc this summer.

At a ceremony kicking off the local travel season on June25, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu Chi Giang said thiswas an important event as part of the National Tourism Year 2020 and the “Vietnamesepeople travel in Vietnam” campaign, launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sportsand Tourism, to stimulate domestic travel demand in the “new normal” contextafter the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the province’s travel season this year, visitors willhave chances to visit the traditional snake farming village of Vinh Son, HaPagoda, the Temple of Literature, and many other famous destinations.

They can also taste local specialities at the culinaryfestival organised by the Vinh Phuc restaurants’ association or enjoy folkmusic like “cheo”, “xam” and “van” singing.

Organisers believe that this will also be an opportunity forVinh Phuc to boost cultural and tourism cooperation with other localities inVietnam, thus helping to promote the province as a safe, attractive, civilisedand friendly destination.

Vinh Phuc, home to a number of renowned tourist sites likeTam Dao, Tay Thien and Dai Lai, has recorded breakthroughs in tourismdevelopment over the past years.

Tourist arrivals here grew by 15 percent annually between2015 and 2018, and exceeded 6.2 million in 2019, earning the province 1.92 trillionVND (82.6 million USD) in tourism revenue./.
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