As a province with many spiritual tourist areas and attractions and major festivals held at the beginning of the new year, this occasion is an opportunity for Ha Nam tourism to achieve and exceed the goals set for the year.

Tourists come to Tam Chuc on the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year Giap Thin 2024.

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in just 7 days of the Lunar New Year holiday (from December 29 to January 5, Giap Thin year), Ha Nam province attracted over 370,000 tourists. . Among them, there are about 5,000 international visitors, the rest are domestic visitors. Tourism revenue is estimated at nearly 300 billion VND.

Mr. Le Thanh Son, Deputy Head of the Tourism Operations Department, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: Compared to previous years, this year, there are quite a lot of tourists coming to religious and spiritual facilities such as: Pagodas. Cay Thi, Ninh Tao Pagoda, Lanh Giang Temple, Ba Danh Pagoda, Dia Tang Phi Lai Pagoda. Among them, Cay Thi Pagoda (Che Trinh village, Thanh Tam commune, Thanh Liem district) attracts 20,000 visitors a day to visit, worship, and worship at the pagoda. This is an ancient temple, with a history of hundreds of years, newly renovated, worshiped by local people for its profound spiritual values. This temple is not far from Ksitigarbha Phi Lai Pagoda, so visitors can go to both pagodas on the same convenient tour in early Spring. Therefore, along with Cay Thi Pagoda, Dia Tang Phi Lai Pagoda during Tet days welcomes tens of thousands of visitors to visit and worship. Compared to previous years, the number of visitors to Ksitigarbha Phi Lai is quite stable."

Groups of tourists came to Cay Thi Pagoda in the early days of the new year...

The beautiful weather in the first days of the new year creates favorable conditions for spring travel activities of people and tourists from all over to Ha Nam in greater numbers than every year. Mr. Tran Van Hung, Thach Ha district, Ha Tinh province, came to visit some ancient pagodas in Ha Nam for a spring vacation: "We have heard about these pagodas for a long time, seen the photos in the press and other platforms." The social platform is very nice, so we organized a Spring trip here. It is indeed very beautiful! Although there are quite a lot of tourists coming to Ksitigarbha Phi Lai Pagoda or Cay Thi Pagoda, there are no scenes of cutting, buying and selling or collecting fees like many other places. All activities are very natural and civilized. We can understand why those are such attractive spots for tourists!”.

Visiting Lanh Giang temple, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi city said: "Every year my family comes here, but this year the temple grounds are more spacious. After the temple ceremony, we can go to the outside area to visit newly built projects and enjoy the spring scenery to relax our hearts. Truly beautiful and peaceful!”.

Temples in Thanh Liem such as Phat Quang, Cay Thi, Ksitigarbha Phi Lai... all attract tourists in early Spring because of their natural beauty.

This year, Tran Thuong Temple's Salary Distribution Ceremony also opened early, so the number of visitors to the temple in the first days of Spring was larger. Besides, the early Spring festivals in Ha Nam always attract tourists such as Doi Son Tich Dien Festival, Lieu Doi Wrestling Festival. A Chinese female tourist named Tran Long Khiet visiting Ha Nam during Tet days shared: "I was introduced to stay at the house of an official in Doi Tam village, Tien Son commune, Duy Tien town to wait for the ceremony." Tich Dien Association. It's a pleasure to immerse yourself in the festival preparation atmosphere of the people here. The most impressive thing is watching people make Giay cakes to offer to the Doi Tam Drum Craft Patriarch and commemorate King Le Dai Hanh. Then for the first time, I watched the buffalo painting and decoration competition, the plowing competition, the wrestling competition and watched folk games. This is the largest field festival in the Northern Delta of Vietnam in early Spring, it brings together very unique, impressive and memorable cultural identities!

Women of Doi Tam village, Tien Son commune, Duy Tien town attend the Tich Dien Festival.

According to Mr. Le Thanh Son, this year Ha Nam aims to attract over 4 million tourists. The beginning of Spring is an opportunity for the tourism industry to break out and accelerate faster than at any other time of the year. Because, in 2023, Ha Nam was honored by the World Travel Awards as "The world's leading local cultural destination", many tourist attractions have become familiar and known to many people such as: Tam Chuc calendar, Dia Tang Phi Lai pagoda, Lanh Giang temple... Along with that, many major festivals held in January are opportunities for Ha Nam tourism to attract tourists and promote the development of services." .

Source: Giang Nam/baohanam.com.vn