HCM City (VNA) – A wide range of fruits from the southern region willbe on display at Suoi Tien Theme Park in Ho Chi Minh City from June 1-17.
The annual event, held by the municipal Department of Tourism in collaborationwith Suoi Tien Theme Park JSC and the municipal Department of Agriculture andRural Development, aims to introduce fresh fruits to tourists and honour farmers’achievements.
At a press conference on May 24, vice director of the tourism promotion centreunder the Department of Tourism Truong Minh Hau highlighted outstandingactivities in the festival, including the organisation of a floating fruitmarket, a “southern safe and fresh fruit” contest, a fruit decoration contest, anda “giant fruit” parade coupled with a fashion show.
Visitors to the event will be able to taste succulent fruits sold at 20-30percent lower than the market prices like An Phuoc plum, Chin Hoa durian, Xuonglongan, and Cat Hoa Loc mango.
Those who stay at four-star and five-star hotels in the city will be invited to“experiencing Vietnamese fruit” programme and Vietnamese fruit week from June1-7.
Children will go to the festival free of charge on International Children’s Day(June 1) while excellent students in the 2017-2018 academic year will get 50percent discount tickets.
Local tourism companies and workers at industrial zones will be entitled to a20-30 percent discount in the ticket to the Suoi Tien Theme Park.
The organising board expected that this year’s festival will attract some 1.6million arrivals. -VNA
Ho Chi Minh City considers cuisine a product that needs to be developed to turn tourism into a key industry, said La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the municipal Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City is a treasure trove of annual festivals like southern fruit festival and southern cuisine festival that can be developed as local typical tourism products to attract both domestic and international tourists.
Tien Giang province, the Mekong Delta’s largest fruit producer, has increased its fruit cultivation area to nearly 75,000ha this year, up three percent against the same period last year.
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The southern fruit festival in 2017 (Photo: VNA)
