Market @Buon Ma Thuot attracts tourists to visit and shop

For nearly a month now, the center of Buon Ma Thuot city ( Dak Lak province) has been bustling and bustling with a market that is both modern and traditional, associated with many unique and diverse cultural features of ethnic minorities.

The fair has about 40 booths displaying typical agricultural products and OCOP products of Dak Lak province. (Photo: Hoai Thu)

This is also a place that attracts tourists and locals to visit and shop on the occasion of the New Year 2024.

Happy Spring at the market

Buon Ma Thuot Market opens on December 9 at Ton Duc Thang Street, Tan Loi Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City.

There are about 40 booths, including 20 booths displaying and introducing typical agricultural products, OCOP products; 10 booths on services, technology, and products supporting production and business activities; 10 booths on food , coffee, and refreshments...

To attract people and tourists on the occasion of the New Year 2024, the booths have focused on decoration with apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, parallel sentences, elephant symbols, and Tet miniatures.

Booths displaying ornamental flowers, bonsai, calligraphy paintings, etc. also bring the spring atmosphere and excitement of welcoming the new year to visitors.

Ms. Bui Thi Diem Nguyen (Ea Tam Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City) came to the market to visit and take pictures with her friends. The bustling atmosphere with the joyful atmosphere of Tet and Spring made her and her friends very happy. She was also impressed with the stalls selling calligraphy and figurines... reminding her of the beauty of traditional Tet.

Ms. Le Thi Lan from Ho Chi Minh City came back to her hometown to visit her family and went to the Buon Ma Thuot market. She was very excited because the market has many specialties of the Central Highlands for visitors to enjoy on the spot, especially the cuisine of the Thai and Lao ethnic groups, bringing a diverse and unique cultural identity to the market.

The calligraphy stall is visited by many tourists at the fair. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van (Hoa Thang commune, Buon Ma Thuot city) said that she has been passionate about and studying calligraphy and painting for more than two years.

By bringing calligraphy here, she wants to create a bustling, joyful atmosphere, and at the same time wishes to contribute to preserving the beauty of the nation's traditional Tet culture.

To serve the people and tourists, at the Buon Ma Thuot fair, there are also cultural and artistic performances praising the homeland and country, celebrating the Party and Spring, and exciting and attractive folk games...

Product diversity

Buon Ma Thuot Market is not only a sightseeing and shopping destination for people and tourists with diverse products, but also a place to promote agricultural products, connect consumption, create conditions for businesses and cooperatives to exchange and share experiences.

In particular, products available at the Buon Ma Thuot market must ensure food safety and have clear origins. To serve the people and tourists, businesses and cooperatives are preparing a rich and abundant source of goods and focusing on decorating beautiful and eye-catching booths.

Mr. Dinh Huy Thang, Deputy Director of Po Lang Production and Trading Company Limited (Buon Ma Thuot city) said that the company's products are processed from agricultural products such as avocado, passion fruit, coffee, etc.

As a young unit, therefore, the fair @ Buon Ma Thuot has helped the unit promote products and brands, connect consumption. The unit has also focused on improving designs, packaging and preparing goods to meet the shopping needs of people and tourists.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Son Huong flower stall, said that by coming to the market, her family hopes to connect and sell many items, especially at the end of 2023 and the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin 2024.

Seeing the large number of tourists and people coming to visit during the 2024 New Year holiday, she hopes that the Buon Ma Thuot market will develop more and more and be organized regularly and sustainably every week.

Vice Chairman of Buon Ma Thuot City People's Committee Tran Duc Nhat shared that the city's policy is to build a modern, civilized, unique, long-term and systematic @ Buon Ma Thuot market. This is also a highlight, a new tourism product, introducing and promoting the unique and diverse culture of the ethnic people.

The fair also aims to connect supply and demand, cooperate and joint venture in production and consumption of products, access information and new technology in the agricultural sector, and promote the development of e-commerce in agriculture.

The market introduces and supports connection and trade promotion of OCOP products and coffee products associated with developing the brand of Buon Ma Thuot city to become the "Coffee City of the World".

The market also has a modern and civilized color with a policy of cashless payment associated with the digital transformation activities of the city and businesses, a place where farmers proudly display, introduce and promote their products.

The People's Committee of Buon Ma Thuot City has directed the Buon Ma Thuot Business Association to organize more cultural, artistic, service and culinary activities with characteristics of the Central Highlands and attract cooperatives, cooperative groups and businesses to participate, meeting the needs of people and tourists...

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