The People’s Committee of Can Tho City has just decided to stop organizing the “Cai Rang Floating Market Culture” Tourism Festival in 2021 until the epidemic is well controlled.
Along with the decision to stop organizing the tourism festival “Cai Rang Floating Market Culture” in 2021, the Office of the Can Tho City People’s Committee also advised the Can Tho Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on not organizing the Phong Dien Ecotourism Festival. – The 9th Can Tho in 2021.
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These are two outstanding cultural events, an opportunity to promote the image of Cai Rang floating market, introduce Can Tho tourism potential, and open up opportunities for tourism cooperation and exchange for businesses in the area. city with other local businesses and is expected to be a highlight to attract tourists to Can Tho in 2021.
However, before the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, especially when the neighboring provinces have detected F0 cases, Ho Chi Minh City Can Tho decided to stop organizing the tourism festival “Cai Rang Floating Market Culture” in 2021 until the epidemic is well controlled.
This action is to ensure maximum safety for Can Tho people as well as tourists. According to the tourism festival program “Cai Rang Floating Market Culture” in previous years, there are nearly 15 activities to increase the experience and interaction with tourists such as: Boat parade, garbage collection on the river, fair, etc. buffet of fruits and folk cakes on floating rafts (free), social security activities, demonstration of agricultural products – tourism, connection and introduction of tourist attractions in the district through free tour…
Cai Rang Floating Market is located on Cai Rang River, near Cai Rang Bridge (Cai Rang District), far from the city center. Can Tho is about 6 km by road and takes 30 minutes by boat from Ninh Kieu wharf (Ninh Kieu district) to sail down the river to the floating market. According to the Institute of Socio-Economics of Can Tho, when newly formed Cai Rang floating market was located at the intersection between four rivers Can Tho, Dau Sau, Cai Son, Cai Rang Be, adjacent to Cai Rang market on the shore. In the 90s of the twentieth century, due to obstacles in waterway traffic, the floating market was moved across Cai Rang bridge towards Phong Dien, over 1km from the old location.
Currently, Cai Rang floating market is located downstream of Can Tho river, about 600 m from Cai Rang bridge, with a fairly large water surface area. Cai Rang floating market is located on the waterway of Hau river – Xa No canal, so it is very convenient for trading and trading with neighboring localities and the Mekong River region. This is the reason why Cai Rang floating market has the largest and busiest scale compared to floating markets in the Mekong Delta.
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