Tourists flock to Sa Dec flower village to take photos and buy Tet flowers.

Visitors visit Sa Dec flower village by electric car - Photo: DANG TUYET

On January 11, Tuoi Tre Online recorded that on many streets in Tan Quy Dong and Tan Khanh Dong communes, Sa Dec city, Dong Thap province, many tourists came to visit, take photos and buy Tet flowers.

According to local flower growers, this is the busiest time of the year for the flower village. Tourists from neighboring provinces and Ho Chi Minh City flock to Sa Dec, especially on weekends, to buy Tet flowers at the garden at cheap prices.

Tourists buy flowers to take home by private car - Photo: DANG TUYET

Ms. Nguyen Hong Nhung, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City, said that she and her family rented a 16-seat car from Ho Chi Minh City to Sa Dec to take family photos, because there was still time before Tet.

“Every year I go to Sa Dec to visit and buy flowers about 1-2 weeks in advance to decorate my house. At the garden, the prices of flowers are cheaper, there are many choices, many beautiful flower varieties. Currently, the traffic connection is quite good, it only takes about 3 hours to go from Ho Chi Minh City to Sa Dec,” said Ms. Nhung.

Visitors wearing Ao Dai take photos at Tu Ton Rose Garden tourist area - Photo: DANG TUYET

To prepare for welcoming visitors, many tourist attractions in Sa Dec flower village have renewed their landscape clusters and decorated them with bright fresh flowers. Tourists wearing Ao Dai happily took photos, laughing and talking loudly in the warm spring weather.

Ms. Duong My Nguyen Hao - Tu Ton Rose Garden tourist area - said that to attract visitors, the tourist spot always takes care of each cluster of miniature landscapes, adding new features each year.

“The 2.5-hectare garden consists of four areas: fresh flower carpets, boating to see flowers, rose valley, and flowers grown on trellises. There are about 10,000 flower baskets of all kinds used to decorate the landscape. In particular, visitors can see the very typical way of growing flowers on trellises of Sa Dec,” said Ms. Hao.

The 14m high building at Duyen Nhut tourist area is covered with 2,000 bougainvillea baskets – Photo: DANG TUYET

Duyen Nhut flower paradise is a new tourist destination in Sa Dec flower village that has just opened to welcome visitors for nearly a month.

Notably, Mr. Pham Van Nhut - owner of Duyen Nhut tourist site (Tan Khanh Dong commune) - has planted nearly 40,000 flower baskets of various kinds including: 4,000 rose baskets, 4,000 bougainvillea baskets, 1,000 sunflowers; cosmos, hydrangeas... on an area of ^{​​10,000m2} to attract visitors.

“In particular, I used 2,000 bougainvillea baskets to surround the birdhouse, creating a flower block 14m high, 15m wide, and 30m long. I planted many flowers, each type in a cluster, so that customers have many choices to take photos with their favorite type.

With an entrance fee of 50,000 VND/person, visitors can visit, take photos, enjoy banh tet, traditional cakes, and drink free tea. In addition, the tourist spot also serves food when visitors want to eat and drink,” said Mr. Nhut.

Tourists (right cover) experience wrapping banh tet at Duyen Nhut tourist destination - Photo: DANG TUYET