Nha Trang beach (Photo: news.zing.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The ninth Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival, slatedfor May 10-13 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, is the highlight ofthe Visit Vietnam Year 2019, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of KhanhHoa Nguyen Dac Tai said at a press conference in Hanoi on March 29.
According to the organising board, the opening ceremony of the Visit VietnamYear 2019 and the sea festival will be broadcast live on VTV.
Around 50 cultural and art programmes will take place along Tran Phu Street,Nha Trang city, nudging local culture closer to domestic and internationalfriends. Those comprise the whale worshipping festival, traditional human chess play, and reformed opera performances, among others.
Besides, the festival will feature various conferences, art exhibitions, and sportevents.
Meticulous preparations are underway for the events in terms of tourismfacilities. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s code of conduct fortourists will be observed and the province will work to ensure social securityand order as well as food safety and hygiene.
The festival has been heldbiennially since 2003 to promote local tourism. Some 120,000 foreign and domestictourists flocked to the city during the previous festival.
A coastline of 180 kilometres, stunning naturallandscapes with Van Phong, Nha Trang and Cam Ranh bays listed as the world’smost beautiful bays, and such festivals as Ponagar Temple festival, whaleworshipping festival, and Salanganes Festival, are advantages for Khanh Hoa todevelop tourism.
According to the provincial Department ofTourism, number of tourist arrivals to the locality has increased substantiallyin the past years. The province welcomed 2.3 million visitors in 2012, and thefigure rose to 5.5 million people five years later. In the first nine months ofthis year, more than 5 million people chose Khanh Hoa to spend their holidays,including 1.7 million foreigners, up more than 116 percent compared to the sametime in 2017.
Currently, the locality has 680 accommodationfacilities, with 31,700 rooms.
The province eyes to welcome 8.5 milliontourists, including 3.5 million foreigners by 2020, and earn 70 trillion VND(2.99 billion USD) in tourism revenue.-VNA
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