(HBO) – The Mai Chau uplandmarket - a unique tourism product of Hoa Binh province’s Mai Chau district – becomes more and more attractive to holidaymakers, offering tourists a venue to experience daily activities and understand more about traditional culture identities of the locality.

Visitors are interested in traditional costumes sold at the market.

 

In the first Sunday of April, people from the Hang Kia, Pa Co, Dong Tan, Son Thuy, Bao La, Chieng Chau, Mai Ha and Thanh Son communes of Mai Chau district transport their products or those found in forests such as orchids, vegetables, bitter bamboo shoots and mountain snails, to the market for sale.

Because loving the natural scenery and people of Mai Chau so much, many tourists visit the destination not just once.

They said visiting the market, they have a chance to learn more about unique cultural identities of the locality, and buy agricultural products that have not been sold in Hanoi.

According to Vice Chairman of the Mai Chau district People’s Committee Pham Van Hoan, the highland marketfestival is held every Sunday as part of activities to mark the southern liberation and national reunification day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), and to stimulate tourism demand.

During the festival, visitors enjoy music performances imbued with national cultural identity and play popular folk games such as tu lu, to le, and rope swing.

The festival contributes to introducing and popularising local tourism images, beauty of local customs and cultural identities of ethnic minorities, thus attracting more domestic and foreign visitors and further promoting socio-economic development of the locality./.


 


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