Opening of the 2024 sea tourism festival: "Nghi Son pearl sea"

Coming to Nghi Son today, visitors will feel the strong change in landscape and appearance with a well-planned coastal space, many modern tourism infrastructure projects have been completed and put into use, making Nghi Son sea tourism a safe and attractive destination.

The opening ceremony of Nghi Son Sea Tourism Festival 2024 with the theme "Nghi Son Pearl Sea - Aspiration to Reach Far" attracted a large number of guests, people and tourists.

On the evening of April 26, Nghi Son Town People's Committee held the opening ceremony of the 2024 sea tourism festival with the theme "Nghi Son pearl sea - Aspiration to reach far".

Attending the opening ceremony were comrade Trinh Tuan Sinh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Le Tien Lam, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mai Xuan Liem, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Van Hai, Secretary of the Party Committee of the provincial agencies and enterprises; Le Duc Giang, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Trinh Tuan Sinh and delegates attended the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was also attended by former leaders of central ministries and branches; representatives of provincial departments, branches, unions, districts, towns and cities in the province and Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province, Dinh Hoa district People's Committee, Thai Nguyen province, along with a large number of people and tourists.

Nghi Son pearl sea!

Along with the development of the multi-sector, multi-field Nghi Son Economic Zone, Nghi Son tourism service activities are becoming more and more synchronous and modern, aiming to build a smart - green - sustainable urban area, constantly improving the material and spiritual life of the people. Here, the sea with peaceful and poetic scenery has become a symbol of Nghi Son sea tourism, attracting a large number of tourists from near and far.

The Me Island eco-tourism project will be implemented, awakening the "Ngoc Son Trung Tu Van Nien Co".

Identifying tourism as the key economic sector of the town, in which marine tourism is one of the strong tourism products, the town has prioritized resources for tourism development. Currently, Nghi Son town has been focusing on promoting and attracting businesses to invest in tourism projects in the area, typically: Tan Dan, Hai Linh, Ninh Hai, Hai Ninh, Binh Minh marine eco-tourism areas, Hao Hao lake eco-tourism area - Am Cac Pagoda, Hoang Quoc Cong Dao Duy Tu temple, Quang Trung - Lach Bang relic cluster, Bien Son scenic relic complex, Truong Lam cave complex.

Provincial leaders and delegates attended the opening ceremony.

Nghi Son town identifies and develops tourism with the preservation and promotion of cultural and ethnic values; preserving landscapes, protecting the environment; ensuring national defense - security and social order and safety, with 3 main types including sea tourism, community eco-tourism and spiritual cultural tourism.

In addition, the town has focused on building a master plan for tourism development, including expanding the planning of Hai Hoa tourist area in association with coastal communes and wards and connecting with Me island and historical and cultural relic clusters, scenic spots such as Dot Tien pagoda, Quang Trung temple, Lach Bang temple, Khanh temple, Am Cac pagoda... and eco-tourism routes such as Truong Lam, Phu Son, Yen My lake, Hao Hao lake.

In 2024, Nghi Son town is strengthening state management of tourism, focusing on investing in infrastructure of tourist areas and spots; ensuring security, safety and quality of tourism services for tourists, building a safe, friendly and attractive image of Nghi Son tourism. The town strives to welcome over 1.2 million visitors, with total tourism revenue reaching over VND 2,300 billion in 2024; having 115 accommodation establishments, of which 10% are ranked from 2 to 4 stars and 75% of tourism service workers are professionally trained.

According to Decision No. 153/QD-TTg dated February 27, 2023 of the Prime Minister on the planning of Thanh Hoa province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045, regarding sea tourism, focusing on development in coastal localities, focusing on Sam Son coastal tourism urban area, Hai Tien tourist area, Hoang Truong (Hoang Hoa), coastal tourist area of Quang Xuong district and Nghi Son town; developing tourism products to explore the sea and islands in Hon Ne and Hon Me areas (Nghi Son)... creating the premise and orientation for Nghi Son tourism to take off in the future.

Panoramic view of Hai Hoa beach tourist area.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of Nghi Son Town People's Committee Nguyen The Anh emphasized: Tinh Gia in the past and Nghi Son today is a land with cultural, historical and revolutionary traditions, a place where unique material and spiritual values crystallize, producing many talented people whose names are recorded in history books. Nghi Son is proud to preserve its potential for tourism development such as eco-tourism, cultural - historical tourism, especially the potential for sea tourism and resorts, with a 42 km long coastline, convenient traffic connections, a beautiful landscape and natural environment.

Chairman of Nghi Son Town People's Committee Nguyen The Anh delivered the opening speech of the 2024 sea tourism festival.

In recent years, with the attention and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, and the support of provincial departments, branches and sectors, Nghi Son tourism has made many improvements, attracting a large number of tourists to visit and relax, especially Hai Hoa beach resort, Nghi Son island eco-tourism area, Anh Phat. Many sea tourism investment projects have been and are being implemented in Hai Ninh, Hai An, Tan Dan, Hai Linh, Ninh Hai wards....

Besides sea tourism, you can visit historical - cultural and spiritual relics such as: National historical and cultural relics of Hoang Quoc Cong Dao Duy Tu Temple, Quang Trung Temple, Lach Bang Temple, Thanh Xuyen Temple, Bai Dong Pagoda, Cac Mountain landscape, where Am Cac Pagoda, Dot Tien Pagoda, Ba Lang Parish Church, Bien Son Fortress are located.

Anh Phat Hotel & Resort Complex is invested with modern and convenient facilities, contributing to improving the quality of service for Nghi Son tourism.

Coming to Nghi Son tourism today, delegates, tourists and people feel the strong change in landscape and appearance; the coastal space is planned spaciously with many modern tourism infrastructure works completed and put into use; restaurants, hotels, entertainment areas, historical and cultural relics nearby are renovated to the appearance of a green, clean, beautiful and hospitable tourist city; State management of services, ensuring security - order, traffic safety, environmental sanitation, food hygiene and safety are effectively implemented. All have created a breakthrough and a new appearance for Nghi Son coastal tourism to become a safe, attractive, civilized and friendly destination.

Special art program.

Next, the fireworks display and special art program with the theme "Nghi Son pearl sea - Aspiration to reach far" satisfied delegates and visitors.

Low-altitude fireworks display after opening remarks.

The art program was elaborately staged, imbued with traditional and modern features to depict the diverse and attractive beauty of Nghi Son beach. Along with that, the combination of stage space with modern, professional sound and light, along with clips and commentary between songs recreated a Nghi Son beach that is not only favored by nature with a long, gentle coastline, but also has famous traditional craft villages, unique relics and spiritual festivals... inviting tourists to visit.

The art program was elaborately staged, imbued with traditional and modern features to depict the diverse and attractive beauty of Nghi Son beach.

With 2 chapters: "Nghi Son - The sea sings a love song" and "Nghi Son new day", the art program depicted and honored the land of Nghi Son "trung tu van nien co" - a place where beautiful landscapes with thousands of years of origin are concentrated, contributing to creating a beautiful Thanh land with a warm and lasting love for the land and people.

The art works are connected and performed by famous singers: Trong Tan, Tan Nhan, Le Anh Dung... along with beautiful dances as invitations for tourists to come to Thanh Hoa, to Nghi Son, a friendly and hospitable countryside, to immerse themselves in the majestic beauty of the mountains and rivers, and admire the heroic spirit of the land and people from thousands of years ago.

In particular, in chapter 2 “New Nghi Son”, through the performance of artists: To Hoa, My Lam, the choir of five and the dance troupe with the Carnaval dance, the majestic appearance of Nghi Son in the new day with century-old constructions was recreated. Nghi Son today, has both the poetic beauty of green mountains and blue sea, and the vibrant life of industrial parks and modern urban areas.

The finale of the program, music, artistic lighting combined with dancers in vibrant and attractive Carnival costumes. The stage was fiery, colorful, the waves flew across the lines with fast, youthful movements, like the surging vitality of a young town stretching out to the ocean...

The special art program has left many beautiful impressions on visitors, thereby contributing to promoting the existing beauty and potential for developing Nghi Son beach tourism in particular and Thanh Hoa tourism in general.

It is known that, along with the impressive and unique opening ceremony, the new feature of the Nghi Son Sea Tourism Festival 2024 is the space to display and introduce OCOP products with 40 booths of enterprises and business households in the town and some localities inside and outside the province. Along with that, the People's Committee of Nghi Son town also organized cultural activities and traditional folk games to serve the people and tourists, such as the performance of the rice cooking competition, the performance of "Gia Hau Co Be Thuong Ngan" - the performance won the A prize at the 20th Thanh Hoa Ethnic Culture Festival - 2024 and the men's open volleyball tournament.

This is an important event, creating a highlight to attract tourists and investors to Nghi Son town, and an opportunity for the town to introduce and promote scenic spots, tangible and intangible cultural values, resources, and tourism products to friends and visitors, contributing to the goal of building Nghi Son town - Nghi Son Economic Zone into an economic center, a dynamic urban area of the province and region, by 2030 becoming a key economic center, a coastal urban area of the country.

Minh Hang - Le Hoi

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/khai-mac-le-hoi-du-lich-bien-nam-2024-nghi-son-bien-ngoc-khat-vong-vuon-xa-212760.htm