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Sa Pa resort welcomes 65,000 visitors during New Year holiday

Sa Pa resort welcomes 65,000 visitors during New Year holiday

Tourists crowd a place of interest in Sa Pa during the New Year holiday (Photo: VNA)

Lao Cai (VNA) – The resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai received approximately 65,000 arrivals over three days during the New Year holiday.

This is equivalent to 95 percent of the last year’s figure but is a good signal for recovery of the local tourism sector, Hoang Thi Vuong, head of the Sa Pa culture and information division, said.

The occupancy rate at local hotels and guest houses was 100 percent during the first days of the year.

To attract more tourists to Sa Pa, the resort town has worked with relevant companies to organize local tourism events in numerous localities.

Located 350km northwest of Hanoi's capital city, Sa Pa is 1,600m high above sea level, with an average temperature of 15-18°C. The whole town is dominated by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, famous for Indochina’s highest mountain of Fansipan at the height of 3,142m above sea level.

Discovered in 1903 by the French, Sa Pa has many natural scenic sites such as Ham Rong Mountain, Thac Bac (Silver Waterfall), Cau May (Rattan Bridge), Bamboo Forest, and Ta Phin Cave. The hill town is home to six main ethnic minority groups, including Kinh, Hmong, Dao, Tay, Day, and Xa Pho, with various traditional festivals and unique cultural practices, especially the Bac Ha market and Sa Pa love market.

Sa Pa targets to welcome 3 million visitors this year./.

VNA

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