23:40, 31/05/2023

Exciting sports activities to take place in Sea Festival 2023

H.N

Besides diverse cultural activities, Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival 2023 also have many exciting sports activities, which are expected to promote typical sports services of Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province and contribute to the development of local physical exercise and sports movement.
 

Paragliding festival, one of the exciting sports activities of Sea Festival 2023
Paragliding festival, one of the exciting sports activities of Sea Festival 2023


The first event of the series of sports activities of Sea Festival 2023 is the basket boat paddling and swinging competition taking place on May 26 and 27 in the sea area along Tran Phu Street. This is a familiar activity of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival. Travelling by basket boats to transport necessities from land to boats for long fishing voyages is a daily activity of people in the coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa. When it became a contest, the competitions among teams have made this normal activity a unique cultural feature, attracting the interest of many tourists. In Sea Festival 2019, after the basket boat paddling and swinging competition ended, some foreign tourists asked to try travelling by these unique boats. 
 

Nha Trang City’s basket boat paddling and swinging competition
Nha Trang City’s basket boat paddling and swinging competition

 

Foreign tourists experiencing paddling basket boat in Sea Festival 2019
Foreign tourists experiencing paddling basket boat in Sea Festival 2019


The other typical sports activities of Nha Trang held on the occasions of festivals include sea rescue contest, unicorn-lion-dragon dance contest and fishing contest. Unicorn-lion-dragon dance was incorporated into the 9th National Sports Festival. Reportedly, the preparations for the contests have been done. The organizers of Sea Festival 2023 hope to bring interesting and unique activities and unique experiences to locals and tourists in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa during the festival.
 

Human chess competition
Human chess competition


In addition to the sports activities of Nha Trang, the provincial Department of Culture and Sports and tourism businesses will also organize many other exciting activities from the end of May to June. The 2nd paragliding festival held by Hon En Tourism and Adventure Sports Co., Ltd. is the highlight among them. The paragliding festival is due to take place at the end of June with activities such as motor paragliding, non-engined paragliding and flying service for tourists.

Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Golf Association organizes the 2nd Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa International Amateur Golf Open Tournament scheduled to kick off on May 27 at Diamond Bay Nha Trang golf course with the participation of many strong players from countries. Next sports activities are the one organized by the provincial Department of Culture and Sports namely national 2x2 beach volleyball championships; provincial beach football tournament; national championship karate tournament; table tennis tournament of provincial age groups; national youth aerobic tournament, national table-tenni for age groups, etc.


An Nhien
Translated by H.N