Two festivals to be held in Ha Long city on the occasion of the National Holiday

The Yacht, Parachuting, and Water Sports Festival and the Hot Air Balloon Festival will be organized in Ha Long city to lure more tourists on the occasion of the National Holiday, September 2.

Accordingly, the Yacht, Parachuting, and Water Sports Festival scheduled to begin on August 24, and the Hot Air Balloon Festival, to take place on September 1-2, are expected to help raise tourism development and introduce attractive destinations in Ha Long.

They are among the 31 festivals and events within the project “Ha Long – City of Festivals”, these first-time events have won the support of many businesses.

Quang Ninh has long been known as one of the top tourism centres in Viet Nam with numerous attractive destinations and diverse tourism products thanks to the province’s efforts to boost tourism’ growth.

Quang Ninh has adjusted its target in attracting visitors to 19 million this year from the initial 17 million after its tourism posted positive growth in the first seven months.

In the first seven months of this year, the province received 13 million visitors, 20 per cent higher than that of the same period last year. It earned total tourism revenue of about VNĐ29 trillion (US$1.16 billion), an increase of 40 per cent over the same period in 2023. Of the visitors to the locality, there were over 2.2 million foreign guests, equivalent to the number of tourists in all of 2023.