The statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son on top of Ba Den mountain is the largest statue in Asia, cast from a single block of bronze.
Joining the sacred atmosphere of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 (Vesak 2025), taking place from May 6 to 8 in Ho Chi Minh City, many tourism and travel businesses in the city have launched special spiritual journeys for domestic and foreign tourists.
Through diverse products and services, the business hopes to contribute to promoting destinations, images and people of Vietnam on the international spiritual tourism map.
According to tourism and travel businesses, the 2025 Vesak tour series aims to open up opportunities to worship Buddha's relics, the first national treasure of India, invited to Vietnam, while ensuring that tourists return to sacred Buddhist lands, sow good karma, cultivate merit and find inner peace.
Therefore, the Vesak 2025 tour series designed by travel and tourism businesses is not only a pilgrimage, but also focuses on flexible tour itineraries in terms of time, route and content, meeting the needs of spiritual experiences such as: attending a peace-praying ceremony, releasing flower lanterns to pray for peace, enjoying pure vegetarian cuisine , visiting and learning about local culture associated with Buddhist life.
Specifically, domestic and foreign tourists can choose and participate in tours from now until May 8, 2025 at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy (campus 2, Ho Chi Minh City); from May 9-14, 2025 at Quan Su Pagoda ( Hanoi ); from May 15-21, 2025 at Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ha Nam) organized by tourism and travel businesses in Ho Chi Minh City.
Traditional Buddha bathing ceremony during Buddha's Birthday at Quan Su Pagoda, Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
In addition, to add value to each tourist's journey, travel and tourism businesses also organize meaningful pilgrimages to many famous Buddhist sites in Vietnam.
Typically, Vietravel Tourism Company (Vietravel) introduces destinations in the South such as visiting the Lonely Buddha Temple - a peaceful place in the middle of a peaceful land, where the majestic meditating Buddha Shakyamuni statue is worshiped; and making a pilgrimage to Ba Den Mountain - where the largest Buddha statue in Asia, Tay Bo Da Son, is sacred and majestic in the middle of the forest.
In particular, the highlight of Vietravel's special tour to celebrate Vesak 2025 is Binh Chanh: Connecting memories - Phap Tang Pagoda - Bat Buu Phat Dai, with a duration of 1 day, departing on May 6, 8 and 10, 2025, priced from 699,000 VND.
In the North, Vietravel has a journey to take tourists to Bai Dinh Pagoda - the largest pagoda complex in Southeast Asia with a massive system of statues; to the sacred Yen Tu mountain, where King Tran Nhan Tong founded the Truc Lam Zen sect; Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ha Nam) - the most majestic spiritual landscape in Vietnam... which will also become the center for organizing the important Vesak 2025 ceremonies, spreading the spirit of solidarity and the desire for peace everywhere.
Meanwhile, at some other tourism-travel businesses, along with organizing accommodation for more than thousands of delegates from 85 countries and territories participating in the 2025 Vesak Festival, the top priority is to ensure strict requirements on service quality for each group of guests.
Flower lantern program to pray for national peace and people's safety at Bai Dinh Pagoda, Ninh Binh.
Along with that, the enterprise must deploy a flexible transportation system with a team of experienced staff, from drivers, operators to tour guides... to serve the thoughtful transportation of delegates from the airport, hotel to the festival venue and sightseeing according to the schedule.
Regarding the 2025 Vesak Festival, a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said that the Department coordinated with many departments, branches and the People's Committee of Binh Chanh District to organize the 2025 Binh Chanh District Culture-Tourism Week and the 2025 Vesak Festival, attracting the participation of 2,700 delegates and millions of visitors.
In particular, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism introduced 9 1-2 day tourism programs for delegates to experience and learn about relics, tourist destinations, craft village products, cultural activities, etc. in Binh Chanh district and neighboring areas. The Department coordinated with a number of units to organize booths to promote information and tourism such as incense making villages, yellow apricot craft villages; sell souvenirs, regional specialties, OCOP products, etc.
Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/dai-le-vesak-2025-gioi-thieu-chuoi-tour-du-lich-tam-linh-dac-sac-den-du-khach-20250506152005946.htm
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