Quang Ninh province welcomed about 1.1 million tourist arrivals in April, increasing the total number of tourists vising the province in the first four months of 2023 to 6 million.
Quang Ninh province welcomed about 6 million tourist arrivals in 4 months.
The quantity of visitors to Quang Ninh has recently grown in recent weeks. It is anticipated that Quang Ninh will welcome about 430,000 tourist arrivals during the 5-day holiday from April 29 to May 3, 2023. The total tourism revenue is estimated at VND 939 billion.
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.
This year, the province aims for 15 million visitors, including 2 million foreigners, and a tourism revenue of 32.4 trillion VND (1.36 billion USD).
To realize the target, the authority of Quang Ninh province has taken a range of measures to boost the city’s tourism market, with a focus on projects for restoring Quang Ninh’s tourism industry by 2025, sustainable community tourism development and a master plan for marine tourism management in Ha Long Bay, Van Don and Co To.
The province has sought to improve tourism marketing and develop more tourism products, especially those associated with the heritage and natural wonders of Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay, and other destinations in the province.
The Quang Ninh People’s Committee has directed localities to focus on attracting potential investors to develop tourism products, high-class resorts, cuisine areas and food courts.
Cities and provinces nationwide are offering various tours and activities to attract visitors during the upcoming five-day holiday, on the occasion of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and International May Day (May 1).
Ha Long Bay is an ideal destination for the holiday.
In 2023, the ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings is close to the holidays of National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), so employees are entitled to five consecutive days off.
On this occasion, to attract tourists and revive the tourism industry, provinces and cities all promote tourism, organise many programs, and create attractive destinations.
Diversify new tourism products
Apart from night tours of Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Hoa Lo prison relic site, Literature Museum and night pedestrian streets in the capital city of Hanoi, many new tours have been introduced such as cultural and spiritual tourism, combined with health care in outlying Soc Son district, Bac Co – rice flower season at the National History Museum, returning to the ancient Vietnamese capital at the Co Loa citadel relic, and a heritage journey at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Bat Trang pottery village.
In the northern port city of Hai Phong, food tours have become a booming trend on social media, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists, especially young people.
Dragon Hill International Tourist Area (Do Son).
Visitors to the city could join the Red Flamboyant Flower Festival 2023 themed “Hai Phong – Shining at the estuary of the sea” from May 12-14. For the first time, the Vietnam Sea and Island Folklore Festival will be held from April 28-29, with a series of scientific, sports, and cultural events.
This year, the northern province of Quang Ninh plans to launch 38 new tourism products, including the “Night Cruise Street”, sailing and music on Ha Long Bay, or walking along the night and pedestrian street, around the Long Tien Pagoda area in Ha Long City.
Bai Tho Mountain is also reopened for tourists to experience mountain climbing, discover cultural and historical values, and check in to admire the unique beauty of Ha Long Bay and Ha Long City from above. The Ha Long Carnival Festival 2023 will get underway with many new features, promising to be a lively and colourful destination.
Localities in Quang Ninh are also launching new unique products, such as the Van Don Orange Week and two pedestrian roads in Minh Chau and Quan Lan districts, camping on Ba Chau beach, Thanh Lan island, and tours of islands near the coast in Co To island district, with first-time snorkelling opportunities to see coral reefs in Thanh Lan island commune.
Many unique experiences
The Da Nang beach tourism season 2023 will take place in the central city of Da Nang from April 28 – May 3, with various music performances, kite flying, food tasting and sports festivals.
Similar events are also scheduled in Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, Lam Dong, Quang Tri, and Can Tho.
The Hung Kings Temple Festival, part of the Ancestral Land Culture and Tourism Week, will be held from April 20-29, in districts and townships of northern Phu Tho province, offering tourists an opportunity to experience the rituals of worshipping the legendary founders of the nation and explore unique tourism products associated with the culture of the ancestral land.
On the occasion, the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage week, an international conference on tourism, culture, heritage and sustainable development of Vietnam, the Northwest Tourism Fair 2023, and the ancestral land culinary culture festival is also planned.
The traditional festival of Bach Dang opened on April 25 at Tran Hung Dao temple – Vua Ba shrine in Quang Yen town mark the 1085th (938-2023), 1042th (981-2023) and 735th (1288-2023) anniversaries of the Bach Dang Victories.
Art performances featured local cultural values at the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony comprised excellent art performances and a latern releasing ritual.
Important rituals such as incense offerings and the procession of the Tran Hung Dao statue were organized this morning, April 26.
During the four-day event, local people and visitors have been experiencing interesting activities such as a calligraphy exhibition, an OCOP trade fair, folk music performances, folk games, etc.
A play illustrated the victory of Bach Dang against the Mongols in 1288.
Located in the marshy zone of Yen Giang Commune, Quang Yen Town, Quang Ninh Province, Bach Dang heritage site was officially recognized as one of Vietnam’s historic vestiges on March 22, 1988; the 700th anniversary of a great victory at Bach Dang against Mongol invaders.
The well-known battle on the Bach Dang River in 1288 under the leadership of General Tran Hung Dao was a glorious victory, which marked in the Vietnamese history against the invaders. It was an evidence of the glorious feat of arms and force of 7,000,000kg rice food led by Truong Van who went to Thang Long by road and water way.
People and tourists released floating lanterns at the ancient wharf on the relic site.Bach Dang traditional festival will last unitl April 28.
The ruling Tran Court organized a plan of strategic withdrawal, and established guerrilla warfare to wear down their enemy. The invading forces dwindled, tried by both the climate and the constant attacks and were forced to withdraw. Tran Hung Dao had his men plant steel-tipped wooden stakes in the bed of the Bach Dang River to create a line of defense blocking the Mongol retreat.
Bach Dang historical site was recognized as a Special National Relic in 2013. Quang Ninh province has taken effective measures to continue raising the value of this historical site since a planning scheme on expanding and developing the Bach Dang heritage site was also approved by the Government.
Ha Long is listed in the top ten searched keywords on the well-knowned travel and tourism website of booking.com, according to this company’s report on notable search trends among Vietnamese people for ideal destinations during Reunification Day holiday.
Ha Long Carnival Festival
Tourists tend to search for information related to sea and island attractions, night cruise tours, beautiful beaches, Quang Ninh’s new tourism products, Ha Long Carnival festival, kite festival and other tourism activities across the province.
Also on the list are famous destinations nationwide such as Da Lat, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Hoi An, etc.
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.
This year, the province aims for 15 million visitors, including 2 million foreigners, and a tourism revenue of 32.4 trillion VND (1.36 billion USD).
Themed “Ha Long Dance – Harmony of Five Continents”, Ha Long Carnival 2023 will open with a low-altitude fireworks display at 8pm on Vo Nguyen Giap street on May 1, according to the People’s Committee of Ha Long city.
Visitors to Halong Bay will be dazzled by colorful and bustling atmosphere of carnival festival.
The festival is joined by nearly 2,000 actors, actresses, dancers, singers, musicians and other amateur performers. Each year, Halong Carnival has a different theme which honors traditional & natural values of Halong Bay as well as the achievements of tourism in Halong.
This year’s carnival will be a story structured by historical, artistic, legendary, open and natural elements, reflecting that Ha Long is a place where the best things converge, deserving to be the top destination in Asia.
Joining the festival, tourists will have chance to dip in magical music background of a great musical party.
The highlight of Halong Carnival is joyous street parades with variety of colorful costumes and dance on wide streets along the coast. Moreover, a laser, sound and water performance combining with a sparkling aerial firework show is an amazing party of light and color which tourists shouldn’t miss at the festival. This high-tech lighting show will give tourists an impressive image of sparkling Halong by night.
Halong Carnival is the heart of the series of events within the schedule of Halong Tourism Week which will be featured with various cultural activities such as Tran Quoc Nghien temple festival, Halong Bay Photo Exhibition, Halong bay Cuisine Festival, a kite-flying festival as well as diverse sport activities.
Quang Ninh has undertaken preparatory tasks for the launching of 38 new tourism products from this summer to the end of 2023 in an attempt to attract more tourists.
The poetic beauty of Co To island
Accordingly, Ha Long city will launch eight products, including those piloted in the previous years such as night cruise tours and sport tourism.
The relic site of Bai Tho mountain has already been reopened to provide tourists with mountain climbing experiences to discover cultural and historical values, and contemplate the beauty of Ha Long Bay and Ha Long city from above.
The border city of Mong Cai will introduce 5 new tourism products featuring unique cuisine and culture and the landscape of the border land, focusing in Hai Xuan, Bac Son, Quang Duc and Binh Ngoc communes.
Van Don district will launch six products, including an orange week, two walking streets and three ones related to Bai Tu Long National Park, which boasts a pristine and beautiful landscape and biodiversity value. Van Don will focus on exploiting the potential and strengths of its forests and sea with products such as kayaking, rafting, scuba diving, exploring caves, and nighttime tours.
Bai Tu Long Bay
Three new tourism products of Co To island district include scuba diving in Thanh Lan island, camping on Ba Chau beach of Thanh Lan island and visiting islands near the shore. They are expected to draw visitors that love adventure tourism.
Other products include entertainment and resort tourism on Cai Chien island; resort tourism in Da Dung island; spiritual and culture tours to Ba Che district and Quang Yen township’s Ha Nam island; maritime tourism in Tien Yen district; eco-tourism in Binh Lieu district, and camping tourism in Binh Huong and Phuong Hoang mountains in Uong Bi city.
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.
This year, the province aims for 15 million visitors, including 2 million foreigners, and a tourism revenue of 32.4 trillion VND (1.36 billion USD).
Themed “Ha Long Dance – Harmony of Five Continents”, Ha Long Carnival 2023 will open with a low-altitude fireworks display at 8pm on Vo Nguyen Giap street on May 1, according to the People’s Committee of Ha Long city.
Tourists coming to Halong Bay will be dazzled by colorful and bustling atmosphere of carnival festival.
The festival is joined by nearly 2,000 actors, actresses, dancers, singers, musicians and other amateur performers. Each year, Halong Carnival has a different theme which honors traditional & natural values of Halong Bay as well as the achievements of tourism in Halong.
This year’s carnival will be a story structured by historical, artistic, legendary, open and natural elements, reflecting that Ha Long is a place where the best things converge, deserving to be the top destination in Asia.
Joining the festival, tourists will have chance to dip in magical music background of a great musical party.
The highlight of Halong Carnival is joyous street parades with variety of colorful costumes and dance on wide streets along the coast. Moreover, a laser, sound and water performance combining with a sparkling aerial firework show is an amazing party of light and color which tourists shouldn’t miss at the festival. This high-tech lighting show will give tourists an impressive image of sparkling Halong by night.
Halong Carnival is the heart of the series of events within the schedule of Halong Tourism Week which will be featured with various cultural activities such as Tran Quoc Nghien temple festival, Halong Bay Photo Exhibition, Halong bay Cuisine Festival, a kite-flying festival as well as diverse sport activities.
The world heritage site of Ha Long Bay has recently been selected in the list of top ten favorite tourist destinations in Asia by a Canadian tourism website, the Travel.
The picturesque beauty of Ha Long Bay
The magazine described that Ha Long Bay is famous for its limestone karsts and islets of various sizes that rise above jade-green waters.
It hailed that while boat tours offer a quick glimpse of Ha Long Bay, the mystical beauty of the bay extends far beyond its karsts and islets.
The article suggested visitors staying in the nearby city can kayak through the serene lagoon, explore the network of caves hidden under the islets, rock climb over the hanging karsts, or soak in the quiet way of life at one of the many fishing villages floating deep inside the bay.
Rounding off the top 10 best places as selected by The Travel included Atauro Island (East Timor), Bagan (Myanmar), Nusa Islands (Indonesia) Champasak (Laos), Taman Negara (Malaysia), Kyoto (Japan), Paro (Bhutan), Kerala (India) and Batanes (Philippines).
The core area of Ha Long Bay was recognised twice by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site in 1994 and 2000, with global special values of geology. On November 12, 2011, Ha Long Bay, was announced by New Open World Organisation, as one of seven new natural wonders of the world.
The local authorities have focused on developing sea and island tourism products in parallel with effectively protecting the environment in Ha Long Bay.
About 40 kilometers from the center of Van Don district, the island of Quan Lan has emerged as a great place for those who want to immerse in nature and escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Quan Lan has emerged as a great place for those who want to immerse in nature and escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Quan Lan commune has 66 restaurants and hotels ready to serve tourists. The transportation services using 100 four-wheel electric cars called Tuk Tuk also make it convenient for visitors to travel around the island.
Lying in the middle of the sea, Quan Lan is endowed with the natural beauty, peace and transquility. Quan Lan island is famous for three unspoiled beaches: Quan Lan, Son Hao and Minh Chau. All has white sand and are pristine compared with other beaches in the north of Vietnam. Quan Lan beach is closest to the pier and is evaluated as the most beautiful. Son Hao beach is 4km further into the island and go further by next 10km is Minh Chau beach.
Eo Gio Peak is a must-see place on the island. To reach the peak, visitors must climb numerous mountain roads. Standing on the peak, which looks to the sea, everyone is impressed by the immensity of the sky and the sea.
Quan Lan island is famous for unspoiled beaches.
It also keeps historical and cultural values. Quan Lan is still home to some of Halong Bay’s culturally significant historic buildings such as the Quan Lan Communal house complex, with a pagoda, and temple which was first built in the 17th century and has been well maintained ever since. This complex has been recognized as a National Historic Relic in Vietnam since 1990.
A variety of projects have been done by Quan Lan commune to preserve and promote those tourist attractions such as Eo Gio Peak, Quan Lan communal house, Quan Lan fishing village, primeval forest, walking streets, etc.
Currently, some new tourism products, namely experiencing a daily life of fishermen, squid fishing, sa sung digging, have lured numerous tourists.
Australia’s Lonely Planet Magazine has recommended 15 top travel experiences to discover the culture, cuisine and the hidden gems of Vietnam.
Ha Long Bay
It is said that cruise tour is the best way to explore the world heritage site Ha Long Bay, which is dotted with karst limestone mountains rising out of emerald waters.
For those who want a luxurious overnight stay to watch the sun come up on Ha Long Bay, Heritage Cruises, Indochine Cruise, Paradise Cruise and Stellar of the Seas are worth considering.
All five-star cruise ships in Ha Long are equipped with luxury cabins and modern amenities like bars, swimming pools, a golf club, a gym and spas.
They also offer outdoor adventures like kayaking, cave exploring, onboard cooking classes, squid fishing at night and excursions to floating villages.
If Ha Long is crowded, its sister Bai Tu Long Bay is an alternative choice where there are still few tourists.
Other experiences include tasting Hue”s imperial cuisine, watching rare monkeys on Son Tra Peninsula, exploring a UNESCO-protected Hindu temple complex, visiting the Cao Dai Temple, jumping on a motorbike, conquering Ban Gioc Waterfall, breathing the fresh air in Da Lat, visiting Dak Lak’s coffee plantations, discovering Vietnam’s Maldives, etc.
