(VOVworld) - The annual Sa Pa Tourism Week has opened in Sa Pa resort town, northern Lao Cai province. A wide array of festivities, including traditional music and dance performances and folk games of ethnic minority groups, are set to get underway at the Ham Rong mountain eco-tourism site.
The week also covers cultural festivals of the Mong, Dao and Giay ethnic minority peoples and tours of their villages, a bonsai exhibition, and a trade fair introducing novelty items produced by local residents in the region. Last year, Lao Cai welcomed more than one million visitors, or over 20 percent higher than the yearly set target. The province is expected to receive 1.2 million arrivals as the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway is scheduled to open to traffic next month.