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Around 4,500 boats will serve visitors coming to the Huong Pagoda
Festival which opens on the sixth day of the first lunar month (January 28) in
My Duc District in Hanoi, according to the festival organization committee.
The festival organization committee and local authorities have invested in
expanding the wharf and putting a total of 4,500 boats into service during this
year’s festival, presenting a year-on-year increase of 300 more boats.
A plan to set up shops and booths has been submitted to local authorities’ for
approval. Accordingly, they must be far removed from worship areas, not cause
any traffic congestion or use loud noisy loudspeakers.
A waste treatment system will be put into operation during the festival. The
organizers have also laid strict regulations to deal with violators and vandals
at the holy Buddha shrine or creating a menace in the surrounding landscape and
environment.
The People’s Committee of My Duc District has also asked shops to pledge not to
overcharge tourists and guarantee food hygiene and safety.
Entrance fee to the festival will be VND50, 000. The price of a return boat
ticket is VND30, 000-VND40, 000 on the Huong Tich route and VND25, 000-VND30,
000 on the Long Van and Tuyet Son routes, applicable to both local and foreign
tourists.
The festival is the biggest and longest annual festival in Vietnam that lasts
for three full months during spring. The event attracts more than 1 million
pilgrims and tourists every year.
The Huong Pagoda in My Duc district of Hanoi is traditionally a place where
pilgrims go to welcome Tet Lunar New Year every year.
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