The Hanoitimes - Flower, a special tourist product, will help increase income for farmers and attract tourists to the capital. Hanoi has great potential for developing flower tourism. It is time for the city to pay attention to comprehensive investment in flower tourism and make it a specialty of the city and a special tourist product, contributing to increasing income for farmers and attracting tourists to the capital. Poor product Flowers at Quang Ba night flower market. Photo: Kinh te & Do thi Not only famous for its beautiful landscapes, Hanoi is also blessed by the typical flower seasons that make visitors fall in love. Every time when flower season comes, Hanoi puts on a new shirt. In Spring, peach blossoms cover the city in pink. In summer, it changes the colour into white of lilies and smells the pleasant scent of lotus. In autumn, it becomes “sweeter” with the scent of blackboard flowers. Mentioning about flowers in Hanoi, it is also about the traditional flower villages that become inspiration for poetry, such as Ngoc Ha, Nghi Tam, Nhat Tan and Quang Ba. Every year when Lunar New Year Festival arrives, Hanoi opens the Spring flower markets which are also considered as an attractive tourism resource of Hanoi. In addition to the traditional flower craft villages, in recent years, the suburbs of Hanoi have also developed strongly the profession of growing flowers and ornamental plants, forming specialized intensive production areas. This is a key condition for developing flower-eco tours. Ho Tay flower valley. Photo: Duy Khanh Despite the great potential for tourism, in fact, Hanoi has yet exploited this “gold mine” effectively. Some tours to the flower villages are mostly for sightseeing and are offered spontaneously by some households. Moreover, trade and tourism promotion for this type of product has not properly received attention. Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute for Culture …
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