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On March 6, Gia Lai Provincial Peoples Committee said that the Opening Week of National Tourism Year - Gia Lai 2026 will take place from March 23-30 in many communes and wards in the province with a series of large-scale cultural, tourism and investment promotion events. Download Quy Nhon coastal area, Gia Lai province - Photo: VGP/Nhat Anh The highlight is the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 National Tourism Year on the evening of March 28 at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square, Quy Nhon ward, promising to bring a unique art space, opening the countrys exciting tourism year. According to the plan, the opening ceremony with the theme Gia Lai - Great thousands touch the blue sea takes place from 8:10 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 28, with an elaborately choreographed art program, combining music, light and art performance, recreating the picture of interference between the majestic Central Highlands and the rich Central Coast. The opening night will have a low- or high-altitude fireworks display. Vice Chairwoman of Gia Lai Provincial Peoples Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich said that 2026 marks an important milestone when Gia Lai hosts the National Tourism Year for the first time, a large-scale cultural-tourism event jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gia Lai Provincial Peoples Committee. The National Tourism Year in Gia Lai is expected to have 244 events, including 18 events. hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 117 events were jointly organized by 22 provinces and cities and 109 events were carried out by Gia Lai province. Within the framework of the Opening Week, many major economic and investment events were also organized to exploit the local potential. The highlight is the Gia Lai Province Investment Promotion Conference 2026 on March 28 at the Provincial Convention Center with about 1,000 domestic and international delegates. At the conference, Gia Lai province plans to award and sign more than 122 projects and 132 memorandums of understanding in many fields such as industry, energy, infrastructure, trade-services, agriculture and science and technology. Parallel to investment promotion activities is the Gia Lai Tourism Economic Development Forum 2026, held on the morning of March 27 at the Provincial Convention Center. This is a forum for experts, managers and businesses to discuss sustainable tourism development orientations, build unique products and expand the tourism market for Gia Lai in the new period. Also on March 27, a conference with the theme Gia Lai activates the green economy: Real estate, tourism, and aviation take off together, focusing on solutions to promote green economic development and the local tourism-service ecosystem. Especially, on the occasion To open the national tourism year, Gia Lai province will organize the Spring Friendship Travel program, welcoming ambassadors and consuls general from many countries to attend and experience the provinces typical destinations. Download Gai Lai has a long coastline with famous destinations such as Quy Nhon Bay, Ky Co, Eo Gio, Cu Lao Xanh, Dam Thi Nai - Photo: VGP/Nhat Anh Besides political-economic events, the Opening Week also has many attractive cultural, culinary and sports activities to serve tourists. The program Gia Lai Culinary Essence 2026 takes place from March 27 to March 29 at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square with about 55-60 booths, introducing typical dishes such as grilled chicken with bamboo-tube rice, sun-dried beef dipped in ant salt, spring rolls, fish noodle soup, seafood, coffee... along with OCOP products and tourism promotion booths. In addition, visitors also have the opportunity to experience Gia Lai coffee tours, participate in Visit coffee farms in the western region of the province to learn about the production process and enjoy specialty coffee associated with green agricultural tourism. According to Gia Lai Provincial Peoples Committee, the National Tourism Year 2026 is especially important when tourism is identified as one of the five economic pillars of the province in the period 2026-2030. The goal is that by 2030, Gia Lai will welcome 18.5 million visitors each year, including more than 1 million international visitors. Through a series of events of the National Tourism Year, Gia Lai hopes to strongly promote the destination image, attract investment, expand the tourist market and gradually build the locality to become a major tourism center of the region, where the beauty of the vast Central Highlands and the blue sea of the Central region converge. 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