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A Place to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms Festival in Southeast Asia

A Place to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms Festival in Southeast Asia
vietnamese.style | Cherry blossoms festival in Da Lat

Spring is the best time to see cherry blossoms in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat, particularly now that the lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is approaching.

Da Lat, known as the city of flowers, is famous for cherry blossoms, which bring a cozy atmosphere to the year’s biggest traditional festival – Tet.

Visitors flock to prunus cerasoides cherry trees to take photos. Image: Vietnam Net
Visitors flock to prunus cerasoides cherry trees to take photos. Image: Vietnam Net

Visitors to the city are impressed by a pink blanket of cherry blossoms covering many main streets like Tran Hung Dao, Le Dai Hanh, Ho Tung Mau, Tran Phu, Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Tuong Pho, Nguyen Du, Tran Quoc Toan, and Truong Cong Dinh.

Da Lat is tinged with beautiful pink prunus cerasoides cherry blossoms. Image: Vietnam Net
Da Lat is tinged with beautiful pink prunus cerasoides cherry blossoms. Image: Vietnam Net

 

The beautiful scene of cherry blossoms is also seen on many roads leading to Da Lat, and around lakes and valleys.

“I have never seen cherry blossom as beautiful as this year. The flowers started to bloom at the beginning of January and in such a cool weather, they will last until early February,” said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of the Tuyen Lam National Resort and head of the festival organising board to Vietnam Net.

Pinkish white blossoms creates a romantic space across the city. Image: Vietnam Net
Pinkish white blossoms creates a romantic space across the city. Image: Vietnam Net

 

Many people flock to the city during the peak season of cherry blossoms to take wedding photos, spend their honeymoon, or keep sweet memories of Valentine’s Day.

Da Lat won the ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City at the ASEAN Environmental Award in Brunei in July last year.

Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Da Lat. Image: Vietnam Net
Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Da Lat. Image: Vietnam Net

 

According to Vietnam Net, a ceremony will be held at Sacom Resort on the peninsula of the Tuyen Lam Lake at 8:30 am on January 27 to kick off the festival and to announce the recognition of Tuyen Lam National Resort and Da Lat city as ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City.

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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