Foreign visitors at the Hue imperial relic site (Photo VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre will offer free tickets for Vietnamesevisitors during the first three days of the 2018 Lunar New Year (February16-18).A number of royal activities under the Nguyendynasty (1802-1945) will be held such as ‘bai vu’ – a folk game often played onthe full moon night or in the first day of the year to find good luck, ‘xamhuong’ (players throw dices to take slabs carved with red Chinese characters incorresponding to degrees of a former examination system), poetry response, andcalligraphy.The illumination of ‘Ky dai Hue’ (Flag Tower)and the experience of paintball game, which were opened to visitors from February12 night, were definitely a highlight of the Tet celebration at the imperialrelic site.Earlier, the centre re-enacted a ceremony toplant a Neu pole at the citadel on February 8 and held various royal rituals inaddition to art and culture activities such as wrapping Chung cake (atraditional cake made from glutinous rice dedicated to Lunar New Year), musicperformances, calligraphy, and folk games.The ancient imperial city of Hue in the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue was recognised as an ASEAN Clean Tourist City at theASEAN Travel Forum and Travex International Tourism Trade Fair in Thailand atthe end of January.In 2018, Thua Thien-Hue strives to welcome about4-4.2 million tourists, a year-on-year rise of 10 percent, with 40-45 percentbeing international vacationers. Tourism revenues are projected to increase 15percent to reach 4-4.2 trillion VND (175.2 – 183.5 million USD).This year, the Hue… [Read full story]
Free entrance tickets were offered to Vietnamese visitors at the imperial palace and monuments on National Day. (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – About 25,000 tourists visited the Hue
imperial relic site in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on National Day
(September 2), according to Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre
Phan Thanh Hai.
Free entrance tickets were offered to Vietnamese visitor at the imperial palace
and monuments on the day. Meanwhile, local residents received a discount of 50
percent from September 1.
A string of royal activities have been restored on the occasion,…... [read more]
The Prime Minister has approved a project to preserve, repair and promote the historic and tourism values of the ancient Hue imperial relic site in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue between now and 2024. The project includes 10 components using State budget from the National Target Program for Culture Development, and another 17 funded by local budget and other sources. The State-funded components target preserving and restoring relic sites in the ancient Hue imperial citadel, including Dien Kien Trung temple, Ngo Mon square, Trieu Mieu temple and Dong Khanh tomb. The latters are those to preserve and…... [read more]
Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – Nearly 25,000 tourists, including 17,657 foreigners, visited the Hue imperial relic site in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue during the three-day national holiday from December 31 to January 2. The figures showed a good sign for the tourism sector on the outset of the New Year 2017, said Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre Phan Thanh Hai. He added that the centre will continue improving the quality of tourism services and launch royal cultural night activities at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate), Thai Hoa and The Mieu temples, Dien Tho and Truong Sanh…... [read more]
Revenue from tickets sale and other services reached VND110 billion (over US$4.8 million), he added. Notably, during the four-day national holiday from April 29 to May 2, over 280,000 visitors, including 68,000 foreigners has registered to visit Hue. Visitors from the Republic of Korea topped the list of foreign tourists to Hue on this occasion, followed by France, the US, the UK, Thailand Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and Canada. According to Hai, the holiday also coincided with the six-day traditional craft festival in Hue city. Featuring a space to honour artisans and craft villages, an exhibition on the Nguyen…... [read more]
On the occasion, the center will also organize various activities celebrating Tet (Lunar New Year) at the relic, including the guard changing ceremony, performances of lion dance, royal court music and royal games. The center will re-enact a ceremony to plant the Neu pole at the Imperial Citadel on February 8 (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month). This year, Thua Thien - Hue will continue to develop “Hue-One Destination, Five World Heritages” tour (including the Complex of Hue Monuments, royal court music, woodblocks and imperial records of the Nguyen Dynasty and Chinese-script poetry on Hue royal architecture). The…... [read more]
