In response to the province’s tourism stimulus program, a cuisine festival is going to be held in Van Don district for the first time.
As planned, the event will kick off at 6pm on October 28 at the residental zone of Phuong Dong at Dong Xa commune in Van Don district and last until November 1.
40 booths are expected to provide locals and tourists with an abundance of food and drinks and OCOP (One Commune One Product) products. Along with enjoying the food, visitors can also watch the cooking process and the cooking skills of local cooks from diverse areas.
There will be many exciting activities such as a contest of processing dishes from oysters, a display of Van Don specialties and cuisines, a program of welcoming a 160-kilogram tigergrouper from sea to shore for display and arts performances.
The event aims to promote the traditional cultural values of Van Don people, and offer various individuals and organizations operating in the field of tourism and aquaculture a good chance to meet up, exchange and expand trade links in the forthcoming time.
With a convenient location in Bai Tu Long Bay and adjacent to the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay, Van Don island district in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh has many advantages to develop tourism, especially sea and island tourism.
Van Don is home to several of the most beautiful beaches in the Gulf of Tonkin such as Quan Lan, Minh Chau, Ngoc Vung and Bai Dai. The island district boasts diverse topographic conditions, with forest, sea, lime and earth mountains and karst caves. The launch of the Van Don International Airport in December 2018 is expected to bring more visitors to Van Don, thus helping Quang Ninh achieve its target of welcoming 15-16 million tourists, including 7 million foreigners, by 2020 and 30 million arrivals, including 15 million foreigners, by 2030.
Translated by Phuong Loan
