Thousands of tourists flock to Ha Long Carnival before the opening ceremony

Accordingly, at 8:10 p.m. tonight (April 28), at Ocean Park beach, the Ha Long Carnival 2024 will take place with the theme "Lighting Up Wonders".

However, from early morning, thousands of people and tourists flocked to Ha Long City to travel and experience interesting activities.

Tourists swim and visit the Ocean Park beach. Photo by Vinh Quan — Tourists swim and visit the beach at Ocean Park. Photo by Vinh Quan

According to the Bach Dang Bridge Management Board, the number of vehicles increased 2 to 3 times compared to normal days. If the number of vehicles on normal days is only 17,000-18,000, then from 6am on April 27 to 6am on April 28, the number of vehicles increased to about 32,000, the highest increase in years on the occasion of April 30.

According to the reporter's records, although it was not yet 6 p.m., tourists had already begun lining up to enter the Ha Long Carnival stage area. It is expected that tens of thousands of delegates, residents, and tourists will attend. The density of vehicles and traffic participants has increased dramatically.

Ms. Pham Thu Thao ( Hanoi ) said that early in the morning, her family brought her children from Hanoi to attend the Dragon Festival at Sun World Ha Long. Along with the Dragon Festival, in the afternoon, the family also got to drink unlimited Camel beer and eat free squid rolls at the Beer and Squid Rolls Festival. The family was really looking forward to tonight's show so they lined up early to get into the stage area.

Although it was not yet 6 p.m., tourists had already begun lining up to get into the Ha Long Carnival stage area. Photo by Vinh Quan — Although it was not yet 6 p.m., tourists had already begun lining up to enter the Ha Long Carnaval stage area. Photo by Vinh Quan

The Ha Long Carnival 2024 with the theme "Lighting up with Wonders" is a major cultural event that attracts the attention of a large number of people and domestic and foreign tourists. Implementing the direction of Quang Ninh province, the police force of the whole province has been proactively grasping the situation and synchronously deploying forces to ensure absolute security and safety for this important event.

Up to now, all plans to ensure security, order and traffic safety for the activities of Ha Long Carnival 2024 have been implemented synchronously by the Provincial Police force in close coordination with relevant functional units. The Provincial Police Board of Directors has assigned leaders to directly inspect, monitor and urge the implementation of measures and plans to ensure security and safety; develop backup plans, be ready to respond in all situations, and absolutely protect the safety of the people, delegates and visitors attending.

The number of vehicles passing through Bach Dang Bridge increased 2-3 times compared to previous years. Photo by Vinh Quan

Based on the actual situation, measures to ensure security and order, and organize traffic flow have been proactively planned by Ha Long City Police, ready to adjust and synchronously deploy to ensure traffic and avoid local congestion.

To ensure security and safety before and during the festival, the Immigration Department coordinated with professional units of the Provincial Police and Ha Long City Police to strengthen the inspection and control of immigration and immigration, along with guiding businesses and accommodation establishments, especially overnight business vessels on the bay, to comply with regulations on immigration and immigration, especially the implementation of temporary residence declaration for foreigners to be proactive in management, promptly detect, combat and handle suspicious cases and activities that cause insecurity and disorder, and avoid being passive or surprised.

Reserve CSCĐ forces fight to protect at the key positions. — Reserve CSCĐ forces fight to protect the outposts.

On April 27, the first day of the April 30 and May 1 holidays, Ha Long City welcomed nearly 50,000 visitors, 3 times higher than normal days. Of which, domestic visitors were more than 39,000, international visitors were nearly 9,000 and total revenue from tourism and services reached more than 105 billion VND.

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