Hanoi (VNA) – As the peak summer travel season comes to a close,
localities nationwide are launching standout cultural-historical tours to woo
visitors.
A tour to explore Van
Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi at night was piloted on
October 22 with the participation of many travel agencies.
The project aims to promote the unique value of the special
national relic site Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam, towards attracting more visitors
to the site at night, and diversifying tourism products in Hanoi.
This would be the fourth night tour in Hanoi. The first three
are tours of the Hoa Lo Prison Relic Site, the Thang Long Imperial Citadel and the
Vietnam Museum of Literature.
The tour’s organiser wants to offer a unique and different
experience for tourists by using modern 3D mapping technology, which displays
vivid images to tell different stories about Confucianism and the country’s
history and sages.
Iconic structures within the site, such as Khue Van Cac
(the pavilion of the constellation of literature), Vuon bia Tien si (Garden
of doctoral steles) and Thien Quang well are effectively utilised to express the value and significance of study.
Besides, a night tour of the Old Quarter will be launched by the municipal
Department of Tourism on October 28-29, offering visitors an opportunity to
enjoy a dazzling light feast, a stellar traditional musical performance, and a
tea culture space.
According to Deputy Director of the department Tran Trung Hieu, the tour is
expected to bring a new experience to visitors, helping improve the attractiveness
of the capital city’s tourism.
In
Ho Chi Minh City, the night tour “the moon above the resistance zone” has been
recently introduced, giving visitors a deeper insight into the life in the resistance
zone where locals dig the tunnels, knitted bamboo and rattan products and pound the
rice grains, while the youth voluntarily registered for military service.
Meanwhile, the northern mountainous province of Son La organised its first
coffee festival and set up a tour for coffee lovers with a view to branching
out its coffee brand in tandem with tourism development.
While in Lao Cai, an array of tours have been developed to take visitors to the
best places for cloud hunting, terrific terraced rice fields, and tranquil
villages to discover diverse indigenous cultures.
At
the same time, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the south
central province of Binh Thuan organised a kite flying festival in response to
the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 themed “Binh Thuan – Green Convergence”.
The event created a playground for kite lovers across the nation, then drew the
attention of locals and businesses.
Experts said although it is necessary for localities to develop their own
tourism products, they should work together to form complete tours, helping
increase regional tourism competitiveness.
A cooperation mechanism should be outlined, in which promotional pricing and
time as well as measures to ensure service quality are clarified.
Besides
capitalising on local resources, applying preferential policies is seen as a good
measure to boost tourism during the off-peak time, they said./.