Speaking at the closingceremony, Chairman of the Da Lat City People’s Committee Ton Thien San saidthis year’s Da Lat Flower Festival ended in success as it hasdeeply impressed visitors. The festival has attracted over 250,000 domestic andforeign visitors to Lam Dong, he said.
The chairman added that theevent provided an opportunity for the province to foster trade,investment and tourism and promote other local signature products, such as silkand tea.
After the closing ceremony, anumber of the festival’s events will continue taking place until January 2, 2020 to welcome tourists who come to celebrate the New Yearin the city. They include flower shows around Xuan Huong Lake and the citycentre fountain as well as on Le Dai Hanh Street and Ong Dao Bridge; an international flower and bonsai exhibition; and Da LatFlower Trade Fair 2019.
Held from 20 – 24 in Da Latand Bao Loc cities, the biennial cultural and tourism festival cherished flowers and theflower growing sector in Da Lat, and this year had the theme “Da Lat and Flowers.”
It showcased all the colourful flowers grown locally bydecorating public areas around Xuan Huong Lake, flowervillages, tourist attractions, and major streets with them.
There were 13 major events at several venues,including an international flower and bonsai exhibition and the Da Lat FlowerTrade Fair, a Vietnam-Koreaculture and art exchange programme and a scientific conference on architecturalheritage of Da Lat.
Workshops on investment, trade andtourism promotion in Lam Dongprovince and thelinks between the tea and mulberry industries with the socio-economicdevelopment of Bao Localso took place.
A Lam Dong Tea and Silk Culture Week with thetheme “B'Lao shimmering night” promoted the tea and silk industries in Bao Loc while a fashion show featuring uniquedesigns made from Bao Loc silk and brocade was held on December 22./.