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Many attractive activities in Ha Giang buckwheat flower festival 2024

TH (according to VNA) October 22, 2024 16:12

The Ha Giang Buckwheat Flower Festival is an annual event that tourists look forward to every late autumn and early winter - the time when buckwheat flowers bloom at their most beautiful on the Dong Van stone plateau.

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Buckwheat season on Dong Van Stone Plateau (Ha Giang)

The 10th Buckwheat Flower Festival in 2024 with the theme "The Land of Missing Flowers" will officially open at 8:00 p.m. on November 9 at the Youth Square of Dong Van district (Ha Giang province).

This year’s festival promises to have many attractive and unique cultural activities, taking place from November 9 to November 21, such as the competition to display and introduce traditional costumes of ethnic groups in Dong Van district; demonstration and experience of linen weaving; hand embroidery of traditional costumes; making of daily necessities and traditional musical instruments; display and introduction of local cultural, tourism, agricultural, culinary and medicinal products.

In addition, at the stops and typical cultural tourism villages in Dong Van district, many cultural exchange activities, arts, and folk games will be organized for tourists to experience on Saturdays and Sundays every week. Dong Van district will also organize the inauguration of key tourist projects in the area on this occasion.

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Starting from October to December is the time when buckwheat flowers compete to show off their colors on the Ha Giang Stone Plateau.

Ha Giang Buckwheat Flower Festival is one of the attractive cultural events of the land at the head of the Fatherland, an annual event that is awaited every late autumn and early winter - the time when buckwheat flowers bloom most beautifully on the Dong Van stone plateau.

At the recent Ha Giang tourism promotion and stimulus conference, Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Giang province, affirmed that despite being affected by storm Yagi, Ha Giang is currently ready to have the best conditions in terms of security, safety and environment so that tourists can feel secure in returning to explore Ha Giang, especially during the peak season of buckwheat flowers.

There are no more restrictions on tourists coming to the province, and all safety conditions are guaranteed. National Highway 2 has been opened to traffic, tourist boats on the Nho Que River have resumed operations, and traffic on the Ma Pi Leng Pass is no longer difficult.

Along with ensuring safety in travel and accommodation, Ha Giang is implementing a number of measures to stimulate tourism recovery. In particular, the Provincial Tourism Association has called on members and tourism businesses to respond to the stimulus program, reducing service prices by 10-30%, the implementation period is from mid-September 2024 until the end of the peak tourist season in early February 2025.

Since the beginning of the year, Ha Giang has welcomed 2,468,000 visitors, of which 290,584 are international visitors and 2,177,416 are domestic visitors, up 14.3% over the same period, reaching 77.1% of the 2024 plan. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at VND 6,120 billion. However, in September 2024, the number of visitors to the province reached 243,000, down 5.4% over the same period last year.

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Majestic and poetic scenery seen from Ma Pi Leng Pass, with the winding Nho Que River

Ha Giang has many majestic natural landscapes with Dong Van Stone Plateau recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark and famous landmarks such as Quan Ba ​​Twin Mountains, Dong Van Old Quarter, Lung Cu Flagpole, Ma Pi Leng Pass, Meo Vac Market, Hoang Su Phi Terraced Fields... This is a land with a long cultural history, a convergence of 19 ethnic groups such as Mong, Dao, Pa Then, Co Lao, Lo Lo, Bo Y, Phu La, Pu Peo, La Chi...

The majestic and magnificent wild stone plateau is now softer and more graceful thanks to the pink color of buckwheat flowers. The flower season has brought a new coat to the entire rocky mountain area.

A complete Ha Giang in the harmony of each layer of terrain structure and the gentle colors that the sky and earth have decorated on this land.

Ha Giang province has promoted planning activities for the Dong Van Stone Plateau, aiming at conservation, development and livelihood creation for people through tourism and service activities; exploiting the potential and strengths of the region such as promoting the development of medicinal plants, promoting the cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities, expanding the development of specialties, creating tourist landscapes on buckwheat flower fields; exploiting tourist destinations such as the Vuong Dynasty relic, Lung Cu Flagpole, Ma Pi Leng peak, and Quan Ba ​​Twin Mountains.

TH (according to VNA)
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Many attractive activities in Ha Giang buckwheat flower festival 2024