International visitors enjoy checking in at the famous incense village in Hanoi

10/15/2024 | 06:32

TPO - Many international tourists, after seeing photos of Quang Phu Cau incense village, Ung Hoa district on social networks, immediately flew to Hanoi just to get impressive photos here.

Admire the autumn beauty of Quang Phu Cau incense village. Video: Loc Lien.

Sarah (29 years old, Danish-Iraqi) said that while surfing Instagram, she accidentally saw a video about Quang Phu Cau incense village, so she decided to spend 5 days traveling to Vietnam. Of which, Sarah spent 1 day going to Quang Phu Cau to learn and experience the incense making process of this craft village.

Tourist Abraham (64 years old, India) also expressed: “Your homeland is so charming and beautiful, especially in this autumn. When I sent the pictures of Quang Phu Cau incense village to my friends and relatives, they exclaimed that they would fly to Hanoi that night to visit this incense village the next day.”

Not only attracting international tourists, Quang Phu Cau incense village has also become a research project of a group of K17 students, majoring in multimedia communications, FPT University.

Talking to Tien Phong reporter , Mr. Nguyen Van Ban (69 years old) - the owner of a long-standing incense-making household in the village, who is also a ticket seller and photographer for tourists at the communal house yard of Quang Phu Cau village - said: Since the beginning of 2023, when Ung Hoa district organized the inauguration of the Quang Phu Cau Incense Stick Craft Village tourist site, the number of international tourists coming here has increased day by day.

According to Mr. Ban, if in 2023, Indian visitors accounted for 70% of the total number of international visitors to the village, then this year this number will shift to visitors from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, the Philippines or Indonesia, etc.

In fact, each ticket to visit tourist attractions in Quang Phu Cau incense village currently costs 50,000 VND/person (2 USD). A bundle of 20 incense sticks costs more than 12,000 VND (0.5 USD).

The distance from the center of Hanoi to Quang Phu Cau village is more than 30km, so to get here visitors can travel by taxi or motorbike, in which the taxi fare ranges from 300 - 350 thousand VND/trip, equivalent to 13 - 15 USD.

From autumn to winter is the time when tourists visit Quang Phu Cau village the most, because this is the time when the North has little rain, beautiful sunny weather, convenient for drying incense sticks. Therefore, tourists will keep many impressive photos.

Loc Lien

Source: https://tienphong.vn/khach-quoc-te-thich-thu-check-in-lang-huong-noi-tieng-o-ha-noi-tieng-o-ha-noi-post1682234.tpo