First Hot Air Balloon Festival held in Ha Long, Quang Ninh

From August 24 to the September 2 holiday, Ha Long city will organize the Sailing, Parasailing, and Jet Ski Festivals "Overcoming Ha Long Waves"; Hot Air Balloon Festival "Heritage City - Colors of Ha Long" in 2024. These are events within the project "Ha Long - Festival City" with 31 festivals held annually to increase the attraction of Ha Long tourism and promote the image of the city to domestic and international friends.

In particular, the hot air balloon festival "Heritage City - Colors of Ha Long" in 2024 with many special activities such as hot air balloon lantern night, hot air balloon decoration on the ground,... will take place on September 1 and 2 at 30/10 Square (Hong Ha ward) and Ocean Park beach (Bai Chay ward).

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Son - Vice Chairman of Ha Long City People's Committee said that these festival activities will contribute to helping Quang Ninh complete the goal of welcoming 19 million visitors in 2024: "By mid-August, we have welcomed 8.5 million tourists, with the possibility of exceeding the target of 10 million visitors (including 2 million international visitors). We are making efforts with many measures, including new tourism products to attract the most tourists to Ha Long. On August 22, we will rehearse the rescue plan, security and order plan and traffic safety plan so that the event on August 24 takes place in the safest way".