HÀ NỘI – The 2024 Hà Nội Tourism Festival, themed Thăng Long – Hà Nội, Thủ đô quyến rũ (Thăng Long – Hà Nội, a charming capital) will be held from April 25-28 at the city’s Thống Nhất Park, with diverse activities.

Hà Nội is considered the place with the most festivals compared to other localities. VNA Photo

The festival will have around 150 booths introducing Hà Nội's tourist destinations and heritage, tourism and specialties of other cities and provinces, and those of other countries.

It will also include spaces for the capital city’s craft villages, and its typical dishes.

Within the framework of the festival, dragon dancing, art performances and traditional costume shows will be organised, together with a photo exhibition and conference “Hà Nội - Cultural and historical tourist destination”.

The annual event aims to honour the attractive cultural and historical values of Hà Nội, exploit existing advantages, step up tourism promotion activities and attract more domestic and foreign tourists to the capital city.

Hà Nội welcomed about 6.54 million tourist arrivals in the first quarter this year, of them some 1.4 million are international visitors, representing year-on-year rises of 10.9 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively, the municipal Department of Tourism said. - VNA/VNS