The Halong Carnival 2018, under the theme “Ha Long – Heritage, Wonder – Friendly Destination”, will kick off on April 28 at the Sun World Halong Park in Halong City in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
As one of the first activities to start the National Tourism Year 2018 in the province, the festival will feature a host of activities including music, art performances, street parade and fireworks shows.
Pham Ngoc Thuy, director of the provincial tourism department, was quoted by local media as saying that the province will promote tangible and intangible cultural heritages and unique tourism products to spur tourism growth this year.
The province hopes to attract 15 to 16 million tourists, including seven million from abroad, and make total tourism revenue of VND30-40 trillion by 2020, the Vietnam News Agency reports.
Halong City, which is home to the World Heritage-listed Halong Bay, came in 56th in the world’s 100 leading cities in terms of international tourist arrivals, according to the annual Top City Destinations Ranking report released in November last year at the World Travel Market event in London.
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