Welcoming tourists to the Fatherland

Rich and valuable tourism resources make favorable conditions for Phu Tho to develop typical tourism products. Historical and cultural relics associated with intangible cultural heritage are the highlight of spiritual cultural tours, including Hung King’s Death Anniversary - Hung Kings’ Temple Festival and the Fatherland Culture - Tourism Week, which attract many tourists to the land of origin. Phu Tho Tourism Industry has prepared the best facilities to welcome tourists from all over to celebrate and pay tribute to the merits of their Ancestors.

Phu Tho launches the tour “Coming to the UNESCO-recognized Heritage Site”, taking Hung Kings’ Temple as the main starting point to go to other landscapes and destinations in the province. For a one-day tour, visitors have two options: Hung Kings’ Temple - Lai Len Temple - Hung Lo Ancient Village or Hung Kings’ Temple - Lai Len Temple. For two-day-one-night tour: Hung Kings’ Temple - Hung Lo ancient communal house - Tam Giang Temple - Long Coc tea hill - Wyndham Thanh Thuy tourist area; Three-day and two-night tour: Hung Kings’ Temple - Long Coc Tea Hill - Xuan Son National Park. In addition, Phu Tho Tourism continues to implement the Joint Cooperation Program for tourism development with the eight expanded Northwest provinces and Ho Chi Minh City, creating more attractive tourist routes to attract tourists to the Fatherland.

The Festival part of Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary - Hung Kings’ Temple Festival and the Fatherland Culture - Tourism Week in the year of the Dragon 2024 is organized with a lot of activities, attracting tourists to Phu Tho such as: Art program with theme “Convergence of rivers and mountains” and high-altitude fireworks display; Cultural camps, product displays, promotions and introductions; Phu Tho mass arts and folk music festival; display of artifacts, world documentary heritage, books, newspapers, and photo materials; Competition of wrapping, cooking banh chung, and pounding banh giay; ancient Xoan singing performance; Viet Tri City Open Boating Tournament; Art exhibition with the theme “Homeland, country, people of Phu Tho”; OCOP Phu Tho trade fair and product display; physical training and sports activities, traditional folk games; Xoan Festival art program - Heritage Region; Opening of Hung Kings’ Temple Spirituality Marathon 2024 “Coming back to the origin”; Inauguration of the relief of Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Pioneer Army; performance programs of folk arts and some types of intangible cultural heritages that have been recognized...

According to data from the Tourism Management Department - Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the whole province currently has 376 accommodation businesses, of which Viet Tri city has nearly 140 establishments. On the occasion of Hung King’s death anniversary this year, many hotels and motels have committed not to increase prices, publicly post price lists at the reception desk and on their websites, and promote advertising on social networks. In addition to activities within the framework of Hung Kings’ death anniversary - Hung Kings’ Temple Festival and Fatherland Culture-Tourism Week, the Hung Kings’ Temple Spirituality Marathon 2024 “Coming back to the origin” attracted participation of nearly 6,000 domestic and international athletes, basically Athletes in need of accommodation.

Head of Tourism Management Department - Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phung Thi Hoa Le said: Promoting advantages to develop specific tourism products with competitive advantages such as spiritual cultural tourism. spiritual tourism, resort tourism, community tourism, ecological tourism, and school tourism with a number of tours and routes that have been put into effective operation, has attracted many tourists back to their national roots. In the first quarter of 2024, the number of visitors to Phu Tho increased compared to the same period last year. The total number of staying tourists reached more than 206 thousand, including over 2,300 international visitors, bringing a total tourism revenue of 798 billion VND.

Phuong Thanh