Welcome visitors to the homeland

  With rich and valuable tourism resources, Phu Tho has created favorable conditions for developing unique tourism products. Historical and cultural relics associated with intangible cultural heritage are the highlights of spiritual cultural tours, in which the occasion of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival and the Ancestral Land Culture and Tourism Week attracts a large number of tourists to the land of origin. Phu Tho Tourism Industry has prepared the best conditions to welcome visitors from all over the country to perform ceremonies and pay tribute to the ancestors.

Many tourists come to Hung Temple on the occasion of the Hung Kings' death anniversary.

Phu Tho launched the tour "To the UNESCO Heritage Site", taking Hung Temple as the main starting point to visit other famous landscapes in the province. For the one-day tour, visitors have two options: Hung Temple - Lai Len Temple - Hung Lo Ancient Village or Hung Temple - Lai Len Temple. For the two-day, one-night tour: Hung Temple - Hung Lo Ancient Communal House - Tam Giang Temple - Long Coc Tea Hill - Wyndham Thanh Thuy Tourist Area; three-day, two-night tour: Hung Temple - Long Coc Tea Hill - Xuan Son National Park. In addition, Phu Tho Tourism continues to implement the Program of cooperation in developing tourism in eight expanded Northwestern provinces and Ho Chi Minh City, creating more attractive tourist routes to attract tourists to the Ancestral Land.

The Festival part of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival and the Cultural - Tourism Week of the Ancestral Land in the year of Giap Thin 2024 is organized with many rich activities, attracting tourists to Phu Tho such as: Art program with the theme "Convergence of the country" and high-altitude fireworks display; Cultural camp and organization of exhibition, promotion, and product introduction; Phu Tho mass art and folk song festival; display of artifacts, world documentary heritage, books, newspapers, and photo documents; Banh Chung wrapping and cooking contest, Banh Giay pounding contest; Xoan singing performance of ancient villages; Viet Tri City Open Rowing Competition; Fine arts exhibition with the theme "Homeland, country, people of Phu Tho"; Trade fair and display of OCOP Phu Tho products; physical education, sports, and traditional folk games; Xoan Festival - Heritage Area art program; opening of Hung Temple Spirituality Marathon 2024 "Returning to the source"; Inauguration of the bas-relief depicting Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps; Folk art performance program and some types of recognized intangible cultural heritage...

According to the Department of Tourism Management - Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province currently has 376 accommodation establishments, of which Viet Tri city has nearly 140 establishments. On the occasion of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day this year, many hotels and motels have committed to not increasing prices, publicly posting price lists at the reception desk and on the website, and promoting on social networks. In addition to the activities during the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival and the Cultural - Tourism Week of the Ancestral Land, the Hung Temple Spirituality Marathon 2024 "Returning to the Source" attracted nearly 6,000 domestic and international athletes to participate, basically athletes with accommodation needs. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism soon issued a document requesting accommodation establishments to renovate facilities, environmental landscapes, enhance skills training, and professional skills for the team of management staff serving rooms and accommodation rooms to improve service quality, creating the best conditions for people and tourists. The initiative of the establishments will create a good impression, bringing to tourists the image of friendly and hospitable Phu Tho people.

The Xoan singing program of the ancient village during the Hung Temple Festival leaves a deep impression on visitors when they return to the Ancestral Land.

Head of Tourism Management Department - Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phung Thi Hoa Le said: Promoting advantages to develop unique tourism products with competitive advantages such as spiritual cultural tourism, resort tourism, community tourism, eco-tourism, school tourism with a number of tours and routes that have been effectively exploited, attracting a large number of tourists to return to the 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 tourists staying reached more than 206 thousand, including more than 2,300 international visitors staying, bringing in total tourism revenue of 798 billion VND.

Phuong Thanh

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