Hanoi hot air balloon festival is suspended due to weather
In the past few days, the “Colorful Hanoi” hot air balloon festival is part of the activities of the event “Ha Noi tourism welcomes 2022 – Get on Ha Noi 2022” which takes place at the Red River beach and Longan longan garden. Record. In particular, here will take place a flying experience with hot air balloons to admire Hanoi from above, making many people excited.
However, recently, many opinions appeared on social networks that they were “disillusioned” when participating in this activity. Because the actual number of hot air balloons is much less than the number 22 that BTC introduces.
According to the posted clips, when arriving at the actual experience, only 1-2 hot air balloons operate. While according to BTC, at Long Bien longan garden, there will be 22 hot air balloons (including 4 level 7 hot air balloons 22m high, 18 level 1 hot air balloons 10m high) used for demonstration.
Hanoi Hot Air Balloon Festival
So is that the truth?
As recorded on March 25-26, a large number of people flocked here to attend. On March 26, there was a time when BTC had to stop selling tickets because of the overwhelming number of guests. And the number of hot air balloons serving tourists is also very large, not 1-2 as the clips posted.
Many tourists regret not being able to buy tickets to fly hot air balloons. Some people even shared their frustrations on social media, complaining about the overcrowding of passengers and the lack of opportunities to experience flying.
According to BTC, the organization of flying hot air balloons depends a lot on the weather: Hot air balloons are only allowed to fly in conditions of wind level 3 or below and no rain.
“This afternoon (March 26), we planned to fly at 4 pm but the wind was too strong so we had to delay until 5 pm to proceed. For those who bought tickets in the morning but did not have time to join the flight, we We invite you to wait and experience it in the afternoon. If the weather is not favorable, you can reschedule your flight to tomorrow or refund your ticket.” Mr. Nguyen Tien Hoang – BTC member said.
Many hot air balloons were used to serve tourists on March 26.
In addition, according to the BTC, on the morning of March 26 alone, the event of flying experience with hot air balloons to admire Hanoi from above, welcomed about 5,000 visitors. Towards the end of the afternoon, the number of people flocking here is increasing, even there is a traffic jam in the entrance area.
Only until this afternoon on March 27, the Organizing Committee of the “Colorful Hanoi” Balloon Festival said that due to the weather (northeast wind at level 3 with rain), the service to experience flying on a hot air balloon in the area Longan garden (in Long Bien district, Hanoi) will temporarily close from 10 am on the same day to ensure the safety of visitors.
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