Thăng Long-Hà Nội int’l tourism festival opens
VGP – An International Tourism Festival was officially kick-started on October 2 in Hà Nội as a key cultural activity to welcome the capital city’s 1000th birthday anniversary.
The four-day
festival will feature an exhibition with 400 stalls of over 40 international
tourist organizations, including the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), and around 20 foreign enterprises and
airlines.
Water musical performance in the opening
ceremony of the Thăng Long–Hà Nội International Tourism Festival, Hà Nội,
October 2, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nguyễn Hoàng
Addressing the
opening ceremony, Deputy PM Trương Vĩnh Trọng expressed his confidence that the
festival will serve to boost the country’s tourism sector.
Chairman of
the Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Thế Thảo hoped that the festival will
create a good opportunity to introduce the tangible and intangible cultural
values of Hà Nội.
