On the evening of June 13, in Nha Trang City, the Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival 2024 with the theme "Nha Trang Pearl Bay Shines Brightly" officially opened with many unique cultural, artistic and entertainment activities. Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh attended and spoke at the event.
Delegates attending the Opening Ceremony. Photo: Baokhanhhoa.vn
Attending the Opening Ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh - Secretary of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Tan Tuan - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Bui Hoai Son - Standing Member of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture andEducation ; representatives of leaders of units under central ministries, departments and branches; representatives of leaders of provinces and cities; Ambassadors, Consuls General of countries; international guests, along with people and tourists.
In his welcoming speech, Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh emphasized that tourism is an important comprehensive economic sector, playing a role in promoting development cooperation, cultural exchange, and international integration. Vietnam has enormous potential and advantages for tourism development with beautiful nature, rich and diverse historical and cultural traditions, and gentle, friendly, open and hospitable people.
Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh: Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival has become a meeting place, contributing to honoring and widely promoting the beauty, potential and strengths of "Agarwood Land - Bird's Nest Sea". Photo: sggp.org.vn
In recent years, along with the general development of the country, Vietnam tourism has developed remarkably, becoming an important economic sector, a bright spot on the world tourism map, recognized by the international community with many world-leading awards. In the first 5 months of this year, Vietnam welcomed about 7.6 million international visitors, served 52.5 million domestic visitors; total revenue from tourists is estimated at over 352 trillion VND.
Recognizing and congratulating the outstanding achievements of Khanh Hoa tourism industry in recent times, Director Nguyen Trung Khanh emphasized that Nha Trang is striving to become an attractive coastal tourist city for domestic and international tourists, the gateway and heart of the South Central Coast and Central Highlands with an increasingly synchronous infrastructure system. This place is home to many temples, pagodas, towers, and shrines with unique architectural art, the convergence of the quintessence of cultures such as Champa, Dai Viet and the crystallization of the continuous labor and creativity of many generations of ancestors. At the same time, local festivals and activities clearly demonstrate the unity in diversity of Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa culture. Khanh Hoa tourism industry in general and Nha Trang in particular are growing, continuing to be an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists, a leading venue for international events with many large-scale, modern, world-class resorts and entertainment areas.
Panorama of the Opening Ceremony. Photo: Baovanhoa.vn
The Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism suggested that Khanh Hoa continue to focus on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector with the motto "Unique products - Professional services - Convenient and simple procedures - Competitive prices - Clean and beautiful environment - Safe, civilized and friendly destinations". Striving to soon become a center for high-class sea and ecological resorts and organizing international events, in which Nha Trang is the central tourist city in the urban chain and the tourism growth pole of the South Central Coast and Central Highlands, contributing more strongly to the tourism growth of the region and the whole country.
“It can be said that Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival has become a meeting place, contributing to honoring and promoting the beauty, potential and strengths of “Agarwood Land - Bird's Nest Sea”, attracting domestic and international tourists and investors, making practical contributions to local socio-economic development”, the Director affirmed.
Along with today's Opening Ceremony, it is expected that the series of events in the Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival 2024 will be an important lever and an opportunity for the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa tourism industry to accelerate, break through, and soon achieve the goal of attracting tourists in 2024, creating strong growth momentum for the following years.
Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Thieu spoke at the event. Photo: Baokhanhhoa.vn
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival, Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Thieu said that the Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival is held every two years with many cultural activities and festivals reflecting traditional and contemporary cultural values to preserve and promote the cultural quintessence of the nation in general and Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa in particular. The 2024 Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival is one of many activities of the province to successfully implement the Action Program of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee to implement Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW dated January 28, 2022 of the Politburo on building and developing Khanh Hoa province to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
“Through the activities in the program, Khanh Hoa province wants to introduce to the people and tourists the image of a safe, peaceful, hospitable destination, a dynamic, modern land, actively developing and integrating with the traditional cultural identity values of the homeland,” Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Thieu expressed.
During the Opening Ceremony, delegates, people and tourists witnessed a special art performance. Photo: Baokhanhhoa.vn
Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival 2024 with the theme "Nha Trang Pearl Bay Shines Brightly" will be held from June 13 to June 16, gathering more than 200 booths introducing tourism, trade, and culinary products with an open space.
Within the framework of the Festival, there will also be a series of activities and events such as: Street Art Festival; Dance Competition "Hipfest Summer 2024"; Bikini Fashion Show "Ocean Muse"; Food Festival, Beer Festival, Coffee Festival, Fruit Festival and Regional Specialties; Cyclo Parade combined with Ao Dai performance; Light Carnival Parade; Harley Davidson Motorcycle Parade; Unique Nha Trang H-Marathon; Special sports activities at sea...
After the Nha Trang Sea Tourism Festival 2024, in July, Khanh Hoa province will continue to organize the Nha Trang International Light Bay Festival 2024 with the theme "Brilliant Galaxy". This is the first drone light performance competition in Vietnam with the participation of 4 teams from Korea, China, France, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The festival aims to attract tourists to the coastal city of Nha Trang through unique, professional, and classy light performances.
According to Information Center, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
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