(VOVworld) - A wide range of activities will be organised in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city on the threshold of the New Year 2016 as part of the local authority’s efforts to lure more visitors to the world cultural heritage.
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| Hoi An city at night |
A gala night will take place at the An Hoi statue garden on December 31, featuring a lantern festival and a wedding photo contest. Winners of a video-producing contest on Hoi An tourism will be awarded at a ceremony on the same day.
Locals and visitors will enjoy songs and dances celebrating the New Year, with hope for a peaceful world. A progmamme to welcome the first guests of the ancient town in the New Year will be arranged on January 1, 2016.
A latest report showed that Hoi An hosted more than 1.7 million tourists, of which 740,000 were foreigners, over the past nine months.