The 2025 Art for Climate – Ha Long Bay festival will feature over 200 European billionaires and attract 80,000 attending.
The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province recently announced that Ha Long City will be the host of the Art for Climate – Ha Long Bay 2025 early festival next year. The festival is scheduled to take place from January 13 to 19, 2025.
The event is expected to draw a large number of locals and tourists with a range of exciting activities.
Recently, many cruise ships have carried thousands of tourists to visit Ha Long Bay. Photo: Pham Cong
From now until the end of the year, Ha Long City will facilitate businesses in organizing large-scale cultural and sports events, such as the Heritage Marathon (December) with over 15,000 participants, the Vietnam – Korea Music Festival (November and December), and the Miss Vietnam University Student pageant (December). Additionally, in November, a hot air ballooning service (tethered) is expected to launch, offering scenic views of the heritage bay and Ha Long City from Tuan Chau Ward.
Currently, Ha Long Bay receives about 4,000-6,000 visitors per day, with 90% being international tourists.
In the first nine months of this year, Ha Long City welcomed 9.2 million visitors, a 33% increase compared to the same period in 2023. Of these, 2.13 million were international visitors, an increase of 2.3 times over the same period. Total tourism revenue is estimated at around VND 20.3 trillion, a 34% increase year-on-year.
To attract tourists during the fall and winter seasons, Ha Long City is making the most of its tourism and transportation infrastructure, particularly with the influx of cruise ship tourists through Ha Long International Passenger Port. In addition to visiting Ha Long Bay, these tourists are eager to explore and learn about local culture.
According to Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan, Head of the Ha Long City Department of Culture and Information, the city has restored and enhanced various cultural festivals, especially those of ethnic minority groups. It has improved the quality of traditional festivals linked to tourism development, and guided local communities in organizing festivals such as the Tran Quoc Nghien Temple Festival, King Le Temple Festival, Bang Ca Village Festival, and Yen Cu Shrine Festival.
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Source: Vietnam Insider