On November 28-29, the People's Committee of Tri Ton district, An Giang province coordinated with the Hanoi Paragliding Association to organize a paragliding performance on the picturesque rice fields of Ta Pa field at the foot of Tri Ton mountain with the theme "Flying over Phoenix Mountain" to attract tourists.
Ta Pa fields at dawn
More than 90 pilots from paragliding clubs in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) ... participated in the paragliding performance in An Giang. The pilots took off from the location of the "airport" Vo Hoi, about 350 m above sea level, on Co To mountain (Phung Hoang Son). After a spectacular flight over the golden rice fields and rows of palm trees typical of the Bay Nui region, the pilots landed at the bull racing ground (Soai Chek Lake Tourist Area), bringing excitement to the audience.
According to Mr. Tran Minh Giang, Vice Chairman of Tri Ton District People's Committee, this is the first time the locality has coordinated with the Hanoi Paragliding Association to organize a performance. "With the desire to introduce paragliding pilots across the country to the new flying spot at Phung Hoang Son; at the same time, to promote the destination, contributing to diversifying the types of special tourism that are competitive to attract tourists," said Mr. Giang.
According to data from the Tri Ton District Culture, Sports and Tourism Center, in the first 11 months of 2020, this locality welcomed and served about 366,000 visitors. Of which, the number of visitors to the Ba Chuc Tomb historical site was about 219,000; the number of visitors to the Tuc Dup historical site was more than 42,000; the number of visitors to Ta Pa was more than 54,000...
Mr. Chau Vuth Thi, Deputy Director of this Center, said that by 2025, the locality will welcome and serve about 800,000 to 1 million tourists to Tri Ton.
In the socio-economic development plan for the 2020-2025 period, this locality will promote investment attraction in the tourism sector in the forms of eco-tourism, spiritual tourism, cultural tourism, historical tourism combined with sports such as bull racing, paragliding, off-road racing...
Ta Pa fields at sunset
Mr. Nguyen Huu Nam, a member of the Hanoi Paragliding Association, said: “The mountainous terrain of Tri Ton district, An Giang province, with Co To mountain more than 600 m above sea level, is very suitable for developing paragliding for the entire Western region. The landscape here is very beautiful, so we can invest in developing this activity periodically to become a new tourist highlight for the land of Seven Mountains.”
Paraglider landed at Bay Nui bull racing ground
Exciting bull races, a traditional cultural feature of the people of the Seven Mountains region
Along with the paragliding activity, to promote the image and local tourism on this occasion, the People's Committee of Tri Ton district also organized the selection of the 8 best pairs of racing oxen in the area to participate in the Bay Nui ox racing performance to recreate for the audience and tourists to watch the typical sport of the Khmer ethnic minority in this land. Also according to Mr. Tran Minh Giang, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Tri Ton district, all the above activities are free for the people and tourists.
