Ba Den Mountain reaches 3 million visitors on April 30 holiday

On the April 30 holiday, Tay Ninh marked the milestone of welcoming the 3 millionth visitor taking the cable car up Ba Den Mountain since the beginning of 2024, becoming one of the top tourist destinations in the South.

Ba Den Mountain reaches 3 million visitors on April 30

Minh Tu

According to the Sun World Ba Den Mountain Tourist Area, during the 5-day holiday of April 30 - May 1, the tourist area welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to visit and worship every day. As of April 30, Sun World Ba Den Mountain reached a special milestone with 3 million visitors taking the cable car to Ba Den Mountain since the beginning of 2024. Ms. Dao Thi Viet - Deputy Director of Sun World Ba Den Mountain said: "Welcoming the 3 millionth visitor on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the country's reunification is truly a surprise for the tourist area. With this special milestone, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the people of Tay Ninh and visitors who have shown their love for the highest mountain in the South. Hopefully, with many products and tourism experiences constantly being renewed and upgraded, the national tourist area of ​​Ba Den Mountain will help Tay Ninh exceed the plan to welcome 5.5 million visitors in 2024".

Crowded with tourists on top of Ba Den Mountain during the April 30 holiday

Sun World Ba Den Mountain

Possessing a majestic natural landscape, Ba Den Mountain is not only known as the "first heavenly mountain" with a cool atmosphere like a fairyland, but is also the most famous spiritual destination in the South, associated with the 300-year-old Ba Pagoda system and a system of majestic spiritual works on the top of the mountain. The most prominent spiritual works here include the tallest bronze Buddha statue in Asia located on the top of the mountain, the largest sandstone statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya in the world, and a Buddhist exhibition center displaying and preserving hundreds of replicas of classic Buddhist art works of Vietnam and the world. Ba Den Mountain National Tourist Area is also known as a unique cultural and spiritual destination with many large-scale cultural events and spiritual festivals taking place all year round such as Ba Mountain Spring Festival, Ba Den Festival, Quan The Am Bodhisattva Festival, Vu Lan Festival, and the upcoming Buddha's Birthday Festival which will take place in the fourth lunar month.

Art program celebrating the 49th anniversary of national reunification on Ba Mountain

Sun World Ba Den Mountain

Along with spiritual festivals, Ba Den Mountain is also a unique cultural space with many art performances imbued with the colors of the South, a place to recreate and nurture national intangible cultural heritages with the characteristics of the Southern people. Sacred lamp offering nights every Saturday night, unique shows such as Vietnam's leading modern water music show next to the statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya, the "Loang Xoang show" right at the buffet restaurant space... create a multi-experience, multi-color destination right on the roof of the South. As an iconic destination in Tay Ninh, Ba Den Mountain welcomes millions of visitors every year to make pilgrimages and worship. In 2023, Ba Den Mountain will reach the milestone of welcoming 5 million visitors by cable car, making Tay Ninh the leading tourist destination in the South with 5.1 million visitors, tourism revenue reaching 2,000 billion VND.

Many tourists at Cau Wish worship the statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva

Minh Tu

With continuous investment in high-class tourism products while still preserving the soul and long-standing spiritual and cultural values ​​of the most sacred mountain in the country, Ba Den National Tourist Area is expected to soon become an attractive spiritual and cultural destination for both domestic and international tourists, a high-class destination of the country and the region.

Thanhnien.vn

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nui-ba-den-can-moc-3-trieu-du-khach-dung-dip-le-304-185240501183159811.htm