This year's Tam Coc - Trang An Golden Festival takes place from June 1 to 8, including a series of events honoring the unique values of the ancient capital.
This year, the event is more special and meaningful as it is held on the occasion of the 1,100th anniversary of the birth of King Dinh Tien Hoang (924-2024), the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dien Bien Phu, the 49th anniversary of the liberation of the South, the reunification of the country and the 10th anniversary of the Trang An landscape complex being recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural and natural heritage (2014 - 2024).
The opening ceremony took place on June 1st at Dinh Cac wharf, Tam Coc - Bich Dong tourist area, Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu district. Here, a series of cultural, artistic and spiritual activities took place with the theme of thanking Than Nong for a bountiful harvest.
This year's Tam Coc - Trang An Golden Festival takes place from June 1 to 8. Photo: Tam Coc - Bich Dong Tourist Area
Accordingly, for the first time in Ninh Binh , visitors can admire and join the procession of 63 boats of products offered to Than Nong. Along the Ngo Dong River filled with golden rice are scenes of rice harvesting, buffaloes wallowing in the mud and experiencing the process of making rice. The program has the participation of more than 500 local people and volunteers, nearly 200 buffaloes.
The procession of 63 boats of products offered to Than Nong. Photo: Tam Coc - Bich Dong tourist area
In addition, visitors coming here can also admire the artistic rice fields with the image of "Shepherd playing the flute", along with the bustling harvest atmosphere of the local people.
This year's Tam Coc - Trang An tourism week also includes experiences with traditional Ninh Binh handicraft products such as: Bo Bat pottery making, Van Lam embroidery, Tam Coc Golden Season photo tour... to capture unique and impressive photos of Ninh Binh's scenery.
The tourist week promises to bring new feelings to visitors. Photo: Tam Coc - Bich Dong tourist area
The new feature of the festival is the gathering and display of products from all over the country at the walking street and Tam Coc food market. This is also the first year Ninh Binh organizes a Goat Fighting Competition, traditional agricultural rituals such as worshiping the God of Agriculture or celebrating the new rice... The rituals are recreated by the organizers with the participation of more than 2,000 people.
Tam Coc - Trang An tourism week is an annual activity of Ninh Binh province. The event has many meanings about wet rice culture and daily life of the people of the ancient capital - one of the cradles of primitive agriculture.
In 2023, with the theme of Golden Color of Tam Coc - Trang An, Ninh Binh tourism week from May 27 to June 4 attracted nearly 172,569 visitors to visit and relax. Accordingly, the whole province welcomed more than 2 times more visitors than the 2022 tourism week, with the number of international visitors reaching over 30,000; visitors to Tam Coc - Trang An area reached 72,275. Hotel room occupancy reached 70-75%, in Tam Coc - Trang An area reached over 80%.
With the renewal of products, Ninh Binh tourism week has proven to be a great attraction for domestic and international tourists, contributing to stimulating demand during the low season, increasing revenue and gradually building the brand of Tam Coc - Trang An.
According to vnexpress.net
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