Tourism developed in southern provinces
Posted by admin on February 22, 2011 under Vietnam tour, Vietnam travel News | 
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The fruitful tourism cooperation between the three northwestern provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Phu Tho during the past 6 years has contributed to the socio-economic development of each province and to the improvement of local people’s living standards.
The tourism infrastructure in the area has been much improved thanks to a large investment from these provinces. More hotels and other tourist facilities have been built in remote areas such as Nghia Lo in Yen Bai and Sapa in Lao Cai.
Hundreds of high standard restaurants have opened for visitors. These provinces have launched many new tours to historical sites, landscapes and explore local special cultural identities for tourists.
Last year, these provinces welcome more than 2 million visitors, earning more than 1,000 billion VND. Yen Bai Province alone earned 115 billion VND with more than 300,000 visitors.
This year, these provinces’ tourism sector targets to receive more than 5.5 million visitors including 400,000 international visitors and earn over 1,200 billion VND. Many special tourist programs and cultural activities are expected to be carried out to promote tourism. Incentive policies are also applied to attract investors in tourism projects.
Main activities of these provinces’ tourism cooperation program “Return to Roots 2011”:
- Au Co Temple festival from February 7th to 9th in Hien Luong Commune, Ha Hoa District, Phu Tho.
- The ceremony of the “Return to Roots 2011” program from February 26th to 28th in Nghia Lo Town, Yen Bai.
- Thuong Temple Festival from February 16th to 18th in Lao Cai City.
- Tren May – Sapa Festival 2011 from April 30th to May 4th in Sapa District, Lao Cai
- Hung Kings Festival from April 6th to 12th in Phu Tho
- Bac Ha Traditional Horse Race Open 2011 on June 27th to 28th at Bac Ha District’s stadium, Lao Cai.
- Thac Ba Festival in June in Yen Binh Commune, Yen Bai
- Fansipan Mountain Climbing Tournament from October 27th to 29th in Sapa
- Muong Lo Tourism and Culture Week in October in Nghia Lo Commune, Yen Bai
- Mu Cang Chai Tourism and Culture week in October in Yen Bai.
Source: qdnd.vn
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