Southern Fruit Festival 2008 attracts tourists
01/06/2008 - 30/08/2008
Place of event: Suoi Tien Tourism Area- Saigon
Southern Fruit Festival 2008 attracts tourists
The Southern Fruit Festival 2008 will be held from June 1 to August 30, 2008 in Suoi Tien Tourism Area. This will be an opportunity to collect delicious and well-known fruits nationwide to meet the demand of domestic and foreign tourists.
According to the Ho Chi Minh Tourism Department, the Southern Fruit Festival 2008 has attracted the participation of 15 provinces and cities and 30 orchards. The organizing board is continuing to seek delicious fruits nationwide, expecting to introduce a collection of Vietnam's fruit for tourists.
In this year's festival, tourists will come to a "Fruit City" with 50 types of delicious fruits from around the nation such as Nam Roi grapefruit, Hoa Loc sweet mango, Go Cong - Tien Giang watermelon, Tra Vinh guava, Sapa peach...
Apart from fresh fruits, the "Fruit City" will also display processed fruit products such as jam, dried fruits and fruit wine.
During the festival, a series of activities will take place such as the Fruit Caravan, the "Fruit export and preservation" seminar, artistic fruit carving and offering various fruit dishes.
(Source: CPV)
