The report said that Hanoi has many advantages in developing night tourism. In particular, the infrastructure system connecting tourist areas, attractions, and night economic activities is diverse and creates convenience for tourists. The system of facilities serving the needs of entertainment, dining, shopping, and resting for tourists is relatively developed.
Night walking street attracts a large number of people and tourists (Photo: hanoi.gov.vn)
In addition, Hanoi also possesses a rich heritage and relics along with a unique system of cultural and artistic values, cultural spaces and community spaces in the inner and outer city areas with a system of separate entertainment complexes, which are one of the resources that help the City have many conditions to develop night tourism. In the city, there are currently 3 night tourism models being exploited and attracting the attention of domestic and foreign tourists when coming to Hanoi, including 20 night tourism products and 9 walking street spaces, culinary streets.
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Preserving and promoting cultural heritage values in Hanoi's Old Quarter
Specifically, the model of Art Performance Activities includes: Live show “Quintessence of the North”; Thang Long Puppetry Theater Hanoi; Vietnam Puppetry Theater; Art program Legend of Youth – Live a life worth living; Night tour of Tran Vu Bells; Performance program “Cai luong – Quintessence of Vietnamese art”.
The Night Tour model includes: "Sacred Night" Tour at Hoa Lo Prison at night with 3 different themes: "Shining Vietnamese Spirit", "Living Like Flowers" and "Fire of Youth"; "Decoding the Imperial Citadel" Night Tour at Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relic Site; "Heart and Talent" Night Tour at the Vietnam Literature Museum; City Tour 2-storey bus at night; Dong Xuan tram route; Cyclo tour to visit the Old Quarter; Flag lowering ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum; Hanoi Book Street; Thang Long - Hanoi Night Bicycle Tour; Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam Night Tour - The Quintessence of Confucianism and Famous Stone History; "Ngoc Son - Mysterious Night" Night Tour.
The model of introducing culinary culture and night-time food services includes: Walking space in Hanoi's Old Quarter; Walking space in Hoan Kiem Lake area and vicinity; Cultural, artistic and culinary space in Trinh Cong Son walking street; Son Tay Ancient Citadel walking street, Son Tay town; Food and walking street combined with Ngoc Island - Ngu Xa, Ba Dinh district; Walking street space in Tran Nhan Tong and vicinity, Hai Ba Trung district; Business and service area, walking area in Ngoc Khanh lake area, Ba Dinh district; Tong Duy Tan food street - Hang Bong alley; Nguyen Van Tuyet food street, Dong Da district.
Walking streets have become attractive destinations for many people and tourists thanks to diverse, rich and attractive art performances. In addition, the City always prioritizes the preservation and promotion of the value of national cultural art. Along with events, the important highlights of the walking streets are traditional and contemporary folk art programs, circus, chess games... arranged alternately in the areas of Workers' Theater, Trang Tien - Octagon House Area - Ba Kieu Temple Area - Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square Area and Dinh Tien Hoang Street - King Le Monument Area in the walking space of Hoan Kiem Lake and vicinity or around the moat of Son Tay Ancient Citadel, around Tran Nhan Tong walking street...
Thang Long Imperial Citadel night tour always sells out (Photo: hanoi.gov.vn)
Night tourism products have contributed to creating diversity and richness in meeting the needs of tourists; thereby contributing to extending the length of stay of tourists, improving the efficiency of tourism business at the destination. These are the reasons why night tourism is an important factor in tourism development in particular and socio-economic development in general.
Night tourism products have contributed to stimulating the growth of daytime visitors at some destinations such as: Hoa Lo Prison Relic Site welcomed 456,710 visitors in 2019, and 790,416 visitors in 2024 (an increase of 1.73 times); Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relic Site welcomed 385,032 visitors in 2019, and 777,910 visitors in 2024 (an increase of 2.02 times); Ngoc Son Temple Relic Site welcomed 1,173,600 visitors in 2019, and 1,200,000 visitors in 2024 (an increase of 1.02 times); Vietnam Literature Museum, which used to mainly welcome groups of visitors who were members of Literature and Arts Associations, is now open regularly, welcoming many groups of visitors, welcoming 11,466 visitors in 2023...
This is also a contributing factor for Hanoi Capital to be honored with many international awards, this is an encouragement, motivation, and at the same time affirms the position and role of Capital Tourism in the country, region and internationally.
In the coming time, in order to further develop night tourism in Hanoi, the Department of Tourism has set out key tasks and solutions. In particular, focusing on management and development of tourism products; Promoting propaganda, advertising and tourism promotion; Promoting digital transformation of the capital's tourism industry.
Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/ha-noi-du-lich-dem-gop-phan-kich-thich-tang-truong-khach-tham-quan-du-lich-20250708163445156.htm
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