Cultural and culinary beauty of the Capital at the Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2024

Baoquocte.vn. On the evening of August 23, at the Tran Nhan Tong Walking Street (Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi), the Hanoi Department of Tourism opened the Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2024 with the theme "Hanoi Gifts", to honor and promote the unique cultural and culinary beauty of the Capital.

Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Tran Trung Hieu speaks at the opening ceremony of Hanoi Tourism Gift 2024. (Source: VGP)

Speaking at the Opening Ceremony, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Tran Trung Hieu said that the Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2024 is an annual tourism stimulus activity, promoting the image of the Capital - "Safe - Friendly - Quality - Attractive" tourist destination to attract tourists to Hanoi on the occasion of National Day September 2.

This is a practical activity to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2024) and respond to the National Tourism Year - Dien Bien 2024. At the same time, it supports craft villages to promote Vietnamese branded tourism gift products to domestic and international tourists. Thereby, promoting the development of the gift manufacturing industry, contributing to strengthening tourism and cultural connections. Thereby, enhancing the experience of tourists in Hanoi, encouraging the recovery process of the Capital's tourism.

Leaders of the National Tourism Administration and the Hanoi Department of Tourism performed the opening ceremony. (Source: VGP)

The 2024 Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival attracted 100 units to participate in the festival, with 80 booths, including more than 20 food booths and many check-in spaces for tourists. Many typical culinary products of Hanoi were introduced at the festival such as: Com, Thanh Tri rice rolls, Pho bread, Huong Mai rice rolls, Duong Lam peanut candy, sweet soup, Hanoi draft beer, spring rolls, lotus seed jam, banh cha...

Activities within the framework of the festival include spaces for introduction, exhibition and promotion during the festival such as: space for tourism gift products of enterprises producing and trading unique gift products; space for introducing products of enterprises providing tourism services, experiencing craft villages, exhibition of check-in beauty of Hanoi.

The theme of "Hanoi Gifts" at this year's Festival has a special meaning in developing culinary gift tourism - a new trend in many countries. This is an opportunity for visitors to not only enjoy Hanoi's typical dishes and drinks, but also experience the cultural identity and life of the community at the destination. Each culinary gift at the festival is not only a taste experience, but also a cultural story, helping visitors explore Hanoi more deeply through each unique gift.

Tourists at the Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2024. (Source: KTĐT)

Through these "gifts", the Festival honors the culinary quintessence of Hanoi, contributing to the preservation and promotion of folk culinary culture. At the same time, it discovers and honors folk artisans, collects and preserves ancient recipes and processing methods, preserves and promotes the culinary treasure not only of the Vietnamese people, but also of ethnic minorities across the country, contributing to the development of the capital's tourism industry.

Coming to the festival, visitors can also participate in craft workshops such as making flute kites, silk reeling and silk painting performances, making bamboo dragonflies, clay figurines, coloring pictures, painting ceramic vases... along with culinary workshops such as coffee making instructions, bartenders and many other interesting activities.

The Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2024 takes place from August 23-25, in the pedestrian space of Tran Nhan Tong street and surrounding areas. The festival has about 70-80 standard booths divided into 8 spaces for visitors to visit. Highlights are the spaces for introduction, exhibition, and promotion, including a space for introducing culinary gift products from Hanoi's 36 streets; a space for displaying handicraft products, drum performances, Flashmob, interactive technology games; workshops on tea ceremony experiences...

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