The festival aims to honor the lotus flower, promote cultural and economic values, promote the development of the lotus industry associated with tourism development and create the image of Dong Thap province.
Mr. Huynh Minh Tuan – Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee spoke.
The 2nd lotus festival with 28 activities, of which highlights are: international seminar on lotus, seminar on improving the value chain of the lotus industry in Dong Thap province, announcement of the first batch of lotus exports to Japan, organizing international lotus display space, lotus river, culinary contest of dishes made from lotus, trekking in the middle of lotus season – Tram Chim, lotus experience tour,…
Accordingly, the large landscapes and miniature landscapes of the festival will be unique spaces about lotus, along with attractive activities such as making the largest lotus map in Vietnam; lotus ao dai parade, with the participation of 5,500 Dong Thap women; Lotus space with 66,000 lotus pots, with more than 57 lotus varieties beautifully arranged and arranged will create an interesting experience space for residents and visitors.
In addition, the 2024 Mekong Delta – Dong Thap industrial and trade fair gathering 250 booths will be a satisfying shopping place for residents and tourists during the festival.
A lotus field in Dong Thap.
Mr. Huynh Minh Tuan – Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee shared: Coming to Dong Thap, we can not only admire the beauty of gentle canals carrying heavy alluvium and vast rice fields, but we can also Enjoy the peaceful feeling in the vast lotus fields, filled with fragrance, with intense vitality rising from the deep mud.
In addition, lotus delicacies are a unique culinary cultural feature that is not available everywhere. Since then, Dong Thap has chosen lotus as its characteristic image and is determined to create the brand “Dong Thap – Land of Pink Lotus”.
According to Mr. Tuan, the first lotus festival in 2022 was organized by the province and was a great success, attracting over 100,000 visitors and people to visit, enjoy, experience directly at the festival space, with a total revenue of estimated at over 60 billion VND.
“Through this lotus festival, we hope to introduce local culture and tourism, promote the inherent potential to promote economic activities from lotus, and link tourism development associated with the economy. agricultural economy; Opens up many opportunities for connection and exchange of domestic and foreign businesses and people working in the lotus business, bringing the lotus industry to develop worthy of its position and inherent potential”, Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee emphasize.
The festival aims to honor the lotus flower, promote cultural and economic values, promote the development of the lotus industry associated with tourism development and create the image of Dong Thap province.
It is known that the entire Dong Thap province currently has about 1,800 hectares of lotus, concentrated in the districts of Thap Muoi, Tam Nong, Cao Lanh,… From that strength, hundreds of diverse and rich products from rice have appeared. reality to art.
