The visitors had the chance to admire scores of colourful balloons flown by pilots from Australia, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, the UK, and Vietnam.
They also had the chance to fly the balloons, see Tuyen Quang’s scenic spots from above, and talk to foreign pilots.
During the five-day festival, local residents and tourists watch hot air balloon light show nights and enjoy exciting music parties performed by famous bands and artists.
Other activities held within the framework of the festival include tours of local historical landmarks and craft villages, along with conferences on investment, trade, and tourism promotion in the province’s ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas.
A football tournament will be held among women of ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang and the national badminton club championship 2024.
The third International Hot-air Balloon Festival is part of the Tuyen Quang Tourism Year 2024 that aims to popularize its tourism potential and lure more international and domestic visitors and investors to the province.
This year Tuyen Quang is striving to welcome more than 2.7 million tourists and earn VND3.6 trillion, nearly US$144 million, in revenue.
Hanoi, HCM City see good growth of tourism revenue
NDO – In the first ten months of 2016, the revenue of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism industry amounted to VND80 trillion while Hanoi’s reached over VND50 trillion.
Na Hang lake: A great area to get out of the city at the weekend
NDO – Taking a boat trip on Na Hang lake in Tuyen Quang province amid the cool breeze in late autumn is a sound choice to get out of the city at the weekend, allowing visitors to forget their busy schedules at work and refuel their positive energy for the coming week.
The fire culture of ethnic people
The kitchen plays an important role for every ethnic family in Vietnam. The cooking place is also a venue where rituals and other customs occur. Whenever a guest arrives, the host makes a fire to show hospitality.
Quang Ninh province preserves ethnic culture
Tien Yen district, in the heart of northeastern Quang Ninh province, is close by Ha Long Bay, the Mong Cai border gate economic zone, and the Van Don economic zone. Tien Yen is home to several ethnic minority groups whose cultural identities have passed down the generations.
K’ho ethnic minority group
K’Ho is the oldest ethnic group in the southern central highlands. Previously, they lived mainly in high mountains and their lives were quite isolated.
