The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has pulled out all the stops toattract tourists to its spectacular Lunar New Year celebrations.
On New Year’s Eve, incredible fireworks will be set off in Hue flag tower to see in the Year of the Horse.
Meanwhile, many of the city’s most famous tourist sites, includingthe imperial tombs of Minh Mang, Tu Duc and Khai Dinh, will delightvisitor with imperial artistic performances, Hue cuisine and varioussouvenirs. Boats along the Huong River offer cruise tours between thetombs, while electric car and horse-drawn carriage services are also onoffer.
The New Year activities will also include hugefloral displays, demonstrations of Sea God worship and art exhibitionsacross the city and nine other districts of the province.
As inpast years, the Hue Relics Preservation Centre (HRPC) will offer freeentrance into Hue Citadel (Dai Noi), An Dinh Palace and all imperialtombs between the first and third days of the traditional New Year.
Impressed with Hue’s romance and history, the US Consul General in HoChi Minh City, Rena Bitter, visited Hue to donate over 29,000 USD inAmerican aid to the HRPC. The sum will be used to restore three altarsat Trieu To temple dating back to the early Nguyen dynasty to theirformer glory.
According to preliminary statistics, over 60,000tourists have booked accommodation from the lunar December 28 toJanuary 7. More than 40,000 of them are foreigners.
The daybetween December 30 to January 2 see high-end hotels almost filled tocapacity with over 90 percent occupancy. The whole province now has 526lodging facilities with some 10,000 rooms.
This year, ThuaThien – Hue expects to welcome as many as 3 million holidaymakers,including at least 1.2 million foreign arrivals. Phu Bai internationalairport, which has been very busy in recent days, was recently renovatedto better cater for visitors flying into Hue.
During peaktime from the lunar December 22 to January 9, Vietnam Airlines andVietjet Air will increase the frequency of their flights to 16 per day,with priority given to Ho Chi Minh City to Hue services.-VNA
On New Year’s Eve, incredible fireworks will be set off in Hue flag tower to see in the Year of the Horse.
Meanwhile, many of the city’s most famous tourist sites, includingthe imperial tombs of Minh Mang, Tu Duc and Khai Dinh, will delightvisitor with imperial artistic performances, Hue cuisine and varioussouvenirs. Boats along the Huong River offer cruise tours between thetombs, while electric car and horse-drawn carriage services are also onoffer.
The New Year activities will also include hugefloral displays, demonstrations of Sea God worship and art exhibitionsacross the city and nine other districts of the province.
As inpast years, the Hue Relics Preservation Centre (HRPC) will offer freeentrance into Hue Citadel (Dai Noi), An Dinh Palace and all imperialtombs between the first and third days of the traditional New Year.
Impressed with Hue’s romance and history, the US Consul General in HoChi Minh City, Rena Bitter, visited Hue to donate over 29,000 USD inAmerican aid to the HRPC. The sum will be used to restore three altarsat Trieu To temple dating back to the early Nguyen dynasty to theirformer glory.
According to preliminary statistics, over 60,000tourists have booked accommodation from the lunar December 28 toJanuary 7. More than 40,000 of them are foreigners.
The daybetween December 30 to January 2 see high-end hotels almost filled tocapacity with over 90 percent occupancy. The whole province now has 526lodging facilities with some 10,000 rooms.
This year, ThuaThien – Hue expects to welcome as many as 3 million holidaymakers,including at least 1.2 million foreign arrivals. Phu Bai internationalairport, which has been very busy in recent days, was recently renovatedto better cater for visitors flying into Hue.
During peaktime from the lunar December 22 to January 9, Vietnam Airlines andVietjet Air will increase the frequency of their flights to 16 per day,with priority given to Ho Chi Minh City to Hue services.-VNA
