Hanoi trade village tourism festival greets 30,000 visitors

NDO/VNA—About 30,000 people visited the 2016 Traditional Handicraft Village Tourism Festival at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi between September 29 and October 2, said Do Dinh Hong, Director of Hanoi’s Tourism Department.

The Thang Long Imperial Citadel is the venue of Hanoi’s 2016 Traditional Handicraft Village Tourism Festival. (Credit: VNA)
The Thang Long Imperial Citadel is the venue of Hanoi’s 2016 Traditional Handicraft Village Tourism Festival. (Credit: VNA)

The festival had 260 booths showcasing items made by 150 trade companies and individuals from 30 out of 47 craft villages in the city, such as Van Phuc Silk, Bat Trang Pottery, Phu Vinh Rattan and Bamboo-Weaving, Ha Thai Lacquerware, Dinh Cong Silver Inlay, Quat Dong Embroidery and Ngu Xa Bronze-Casting Villages.

The event accomplished its goal of contributing to preserving, honouring and developing traditional crafts in combination with tourism.

It provided a venue for artisans, businesses and travel companies to explore opportunities to arrange tours to craft villages as a sustainable tourist service.

Seminars on how to get Vietnamese traditional craft villages involved in tourism and Vietnam’s international integration and to promote ties between foreign organisations and local tourism agencies were held at the event, which also provided a venue for marketing thematic tourism services and discount tours.

Hanoi has striven to turn the festival into a key event for the national and regional cultural tourism industry, and to assert the city’s position as a major tourism centre for the country and the region.