Tens of thousands of tourists visit Cam Mountain

An Giang In the first 5 days of the year of the Dragon, Cam Mountain in the That Son range welcomed more than 57,000 visitors and pilgrims.

Ms. Thuy Linh, from Hong Ngu, Dong Thap province, said that she and her family of 12 visited Cam mountain for two days and one night. After taking a motorbike taxi up the mountain, the family chose to walk around the tourist attractions such as Gia Long well, Thien Tue cliff, and Bach Ho cave.

In the evening, she and her family enjoyed food at the night market and attended some rituals to worship the Nine Generations at Bo Hong Temple. "The family had a meaningful trip at the beginning of the year. We walked a lot but everyone was healthy and happy," said Linh.

Tourists visit Cam Mountain on the 5th. Photo: Pham Vu — Tourists visit Cam Mountain on the 5th day of Tet. Photo: *Pham Vu*

Mr. Dinh Van Chac - Director of the Management Board of Cam Mountain Tourist Area, said that on the 5th, there were more than 12,000 visitors (only by road, not including the cable car), bringing the total number of visitors to nearly 57,000 in the first 5 days of the year.

Mr. Chac added that this Tet, Cam Mountain has been given a lot of attention in terms of landscape, roads, lighting, etc. "The number of tourists visiting Cam Mountain has decreased slightly, but it is a welcome sign in the context of economic difficulties."

The fare to go up the mountain has been reduced from 150,000 VND to 100,000 VND (two ways) for motorbike taxis. The cable car ticket has also been reduced sharply from 350,000 VND to 220,000 VND (round trip). The reduction in cable car ticket prices is in contrast to last year when the ticket price unexpectedly increased by more than 50% during Tet.

Tourists visit Bo Hong temple with the ritual of offering rice to hundreds of families. Photo: Pham Vu — Tourists visit Bo Hong temple with the ritual of offering rice to the ancestors. Photo: *Pham Vu*

More than 250 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Cam Mountain is a famous spiritual tourist destination of An Giang, also known as Thien Cam Son, more than 700 m high, the highest mountain in the West.

Cam Mountain, together with Tuong Mountain (Lien Hoa Son), Dai Mountain (Ngoa Long Son), Dai Nam Gieng Mountain or Small Dai Mountain (Ngu Ho Son), Co To Mountain (Phung Hoang Son), Ket Mountain (Anh Vu Son) and Nuoc Mountain (Thuy Dai Son) and more than 30 unnamed mountains create the Seven Mountains region that attracts a large number of tourists every year.

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