The Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee held a media conference in Da Nang on Friday to announce the launch of the Tuyen Quang International Hot Air Balloon Festival and Tourism Year which is scheduled to take place from April 27 - May 2, 2024.

Vice Chairman of Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee Hoang Viet Phuong speaking at the event. Photo: HOANG HIEP

This was the starting activity of a series of cultural, sports and tourism events in 2024, aimed at promoting the potential and advantages of tourism development, cultural heritage values, resources and tourism products of the province to domestic and international tourists and investors.

Accordingly, the Tuyen Quang International Hot Air Balloon Festival, slated to take place on the morning of April 27 at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Square, Tuyen Quang City, will bring a combined total of 22 hot air balloons (10 free-flying hot air balloons, 5 hanging hot air balloons and 7 demonstration hot air balloons) under the control of professional pilots from the UK, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, China , Thailand and Viet Nam.

A performance of Then singing at the conference

The International Balloon Light Festival and music band performances will be organised on the evenings from April 28 - 30, 2024.

Visitors to the opening event of the Tuyen Quang Tourism Year 2024 will have the opportunity to participate, experience, and explore unique tourism products.

At the same time, there will be performances of intangible cultural heritage of the three regions such as ‘don ca tai tu’ (Southern folk music), ‘bai choi’ (folk singing), ‘nha nhạc’ (royal court music), and ‘quan ho Bac Ninh’ (love duet singing in Bac Ninh).

Along with that, tourism products and craft villages will be introduced, whilst conferences connecting investment, trade, tourism and craft villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas will be held. A unique tourism product with the theme "My Lam Hot Minerals - Miraculous Fountain” will be launched.

A hot air balloon model is introduced on the sidelines of the event

Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee Hoang Viet Phuong informed that the province has been focusing on developing 5 main tourism products: culture and history with more than 600 historical-cultural relics, especially the Tan Trao and Kim Binh Special National Historic Sites; ecotourism and experiential tourism; leisure travel; spiritual tourism; and festival tourism with more than 40 folk and traditional festivals held annually and Thanh Tuyen festival on mid-autumn festival.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP - Translating by M.DUNG