Tourists flock to Sa Pa, hotels are "sold out"

"Flower Flute Festival - Festival of Ethnic Groups" and the spring festival "Opening the Heavenly Gate of Fansipan" officially opened on the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year (February 12) at Sun World Fansipan Legend, Sa Pa, Lao Cai.

Sa Pa is expected to welcome over 100,000 visitors during the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin.

The Flower Panpipe Festival offers visitors many new and exciting activities and experiences. In addition to the bustling spring atmosphere imbued with the colors of the Northwest, visitors will enjoy the unique panpipe dance performances of the Mong people, and participate in folk games at Ban May such as: Blindfolded goat catching, blindfolded duck catching, stilts, climbing a greasy pole, etc.

The highlight of this year's Flower Flute Festival is the Ethnic Festival with a series of 5 different unique festivals lasting from February 13 to March 9, representing the Mong, Tay, Red Dao, Xa Pho, and Giay ethnic minorities.

This will be an opportunity for visitors to experience many traditional festivals vividly recreated in Ban May such as: Gau Tao Festival of the Mong ethnic group (from February 13 to February 14); Long Tong Festival of the Tay ethnic group (from February 17 to February 18); Put Tong Festival of the Red Dao ethnic group (from February 24 to February 25); Sweeping Village Festival of the Xa Pho ethnic group (from March 2 to March 3); Roong Pooc Festival of the Giay ethnic group (from March 9 to March 10).

Many unique traditional customs of ethnic groups are recreated.

Recreating many unique traditional customs

On this occasion, many unique traditional customs of ethnic groups are recreated such as: Erecting the Neu tree, reenacting the wife-catching custom of the Mong people; Chau Then activity of the Tay people; worshiping ceremonies and dances, love songs, and children's songs of the Xa Pho people; xoe dances and egg-dying custom of the Giay people...

Also on the 3rd day of Tet, the 2024 Fansipan Heaven Gate Opening Spring Festival will take place with many meaningful activities. Thousands of Buddhists and tourists from all over the world will gather at the sacred Sun World Fansipan Legend spiritual and cultural complex to participate in the ceremony of opening the Heaven Gate, offering flowers, bathing the Buddha, writing New Year wishes, chanting sutras and praying for national peace and many other meaningful programs. In particular, on the evening of the 5th day of Tet, Buddhists and tourists will participate in the sacred lamp offering ceremony at Bao An Thien Tu area - Fansipan cable car station.

Tourists experience traditional games

Not only participating in meaningful spiritual activities, Buddhists and tourists will have an interesting spring pilgrimage when they can worship and pay homage before the Great Amitabha Buddha Statue, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Statue, the Arhat Road with 18 bronze Arhat statues, the Bell Tower, Kim Son Bao Thang Tu...

Hotel rooms "sold out"

During the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin 2024, hotels and accommodations in Sa Pa (Lao Cai) are almost fully booked. According to the Department of Culture and Information of Sa Pa town, Lao Cai, during the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin 2024, hotels and accommodations in Sa Pa are almost fully booked.

Sa Pa attracts a large number of tourists

Even before Tet, the room booking rate for the 3rd to 5th days reached 97%, mainly concentrated in the mid- to high-end segments in the central area. Particularly for community tourism spots, the average occupancy rate reached 45%, with the highest concentration in Ta Van and Muong Hoa communes. Restaurant, cafe, and tourist attractions services began to reopen from the 2nd day of Tet, ensuring conditions for serving tourists.

It is expected that during Tet, Sa Pa will welcome over 100,000 visitors, an increase of more than 11,000 visitors compared to the same period last year. The peak is on the 3rd and 4th of Tet, when it will welcome about 65,000 visitors.

On this occasion, Sa Pa town organizes many cultural activities, special tourism programs to serve tourists and prepares the best accommodation conditions to welcome visitors to the National Tourist Area.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/du-khach-do-ve-sa-pa-khach-san-chay-phong-196240211185356242.htm