January 22 (ie the 1st of the Lunar New Year) Year of the Rabbit 2023), at 2 international tourist ports of Ha Long and Tuan Chau, Quang Ninh province organized to welcome guests first tourist to invade Ha Long Bay.
This year, annual activities on Tet holiday are restarted after 3 years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Right from the early morning, Ha Long and Tuan Chau International Ship Ports, the two gateways to welcome visitors to Ha Long Bay, were bustling with the sound of unicorn drums and brilliant with bright apricot and peach colors to welcome the first foreign guests. First do procedures to visit Ha Long Bay. Quang Ninh province has carefully prepared both facilities, people and hotels and restaurants to serve visitors in the best way.
At Ha Long International Passenger Port, a group of tourists rushed to Ha Long Bay from the Silver Spirit international ship, departing from Hong Kong (China) and docked at Ha Long International Cruise Port on January 21. . Quang Ninh is the first docking point of Silver Spirit ship in the first voyage of the Lunar New Year. After leaving Quang Ninh, the Silver Spirit’s next destination is Da Nang, Saigon.
The Silver Spirit ship carried 251 multi-national tourists, including 150 tourists visiting Ha Long Bay.
The visitors feel surprised and interesting about the very warm welcome, imbued with the traditional culture of Vietnam; send New Year greetings to Quang Ninh and hope that in the new year Quang Ninh will have breakthroughs, further development, professional tourism services, tourism infrastructure to develop further to deserve worthy of being the tourist center of the North of Vietnam.
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Ms. Elke and Mr. Gefbard, tourists from Germany, shared, we chose the beautiful Ha Long Bay as our destination to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary and were surprised to be warmly welcomed, friendly, according to custom. traditional. This will be an unforgettable memory for my family.
Mr. Kim Sung Dong, a tourist from Korea, is happy to let me know Ha Long Bay The scenery is very beautiful, so choose the right time of the new year to visit. Korea also celebrates the traditional New Year with Vietnam, so I chose Vietnam as the destination to experience the traditional Tet atmosphere here. We are very happy and grateful for Quang Ninh province’s warm welcome to visitors. Hope we will have a pleasant experience here.
Present very early to hand over fresh flower bouquets to visitors, Mr. Cao Tuong Huy, Acting Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, sent his New Year greetings and sincerely thanked the tourists for choosing this destination. to Ha Long Bay.
Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuy, Director of Quang Ninh Department of Tourism said that we have made careful preparations to welcome visitors safely. Today, the number of visitors to Ha Long is very large, especially foreign tourists. This is a very good sign of the first day of the new year. Today’s weather is very nice, people are happy and excited.
I expect that in 2023, the socio-economic situation of the whole country, Quang Ninh, including the tourism industry, will recover stronger. Quang Ninh tourism industry will have changes and adjustments to better serve tourists.
Right in the morning of the 1st Lunar New Year In 2023, Quang Ninh was busy welcoming the first international guests and is expected to welcome about 4,000 visitors in the morning of the same day. Quang Ninh fully prepares the best conditions to welcome tourists.
With positive signals and methodical plans, along with modern and synchronous investment infrastructure from ports, airports and highways, in 2023, Quang Ninh expects to welcome about 15 million visitors tourists, including about 2.5 million international visitors.
Duc Hieu (VNA/Vietnam+)