After arriving in Sapa, on the morning of February 18, Mai Anh, a tourist from Hanoi, excitedly and her group of friends found their way to Ma Tra village in Ta Phin commune to visit the famous strawberry garden. most Sapa. However, when the group arrived, they learned that the strawberry garden had closed.
I have known the strawberry garden for a long time, but this time I had the opportunity to go to Sapa to experience it. We didn’t expect to go right during the closure, so the whole group was very sad,” Mai Anh said.
Not only Mai Anh’s group, but Mr. Van Hung’s family also chose Sapa make points Spring travel at the beginning of the year. Because he has young children, he often takes the whole family to places where they can experience nature, such as picking fruit and vegetables, going to farms to play with animals. However, when he learned that the strawberry garden was closed, his family was forced to change the schedule to replace it.
Talking with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Nghia, the owner of the strawberry garden, said in holiday Last Tet The garden welcomed a record number of visitors. Each day can welcome from 1,000 to 2,000 guests. All the strawberries, large and small, were picked off by customers, with only a few small green ones left, so the garden owner had to temporarily close.
< p>According to research, the strawberry garden is located about 6-7km east of Sapa town center, located in Ma Tra village, Ta Phin commune. From the tourist center area, follow Dien Bien Phu street – National Highway 4D through Sa Pa Commune People’s Committee to bridge 32, turn onto Ta Phin street and go another 1 5km to get there.
Show total area The garden’s area is about 25 hectares divided into 10 different large and small gardens. This is where many different strawberry varieties from America, Japan, Korea, New Zealand are grown. Besides red strawberries, there are also snow white strawberries grown with high technology.
Guests are free to enter the garden to have fun and experience taking photos. If you want to pick fruit to buy as a gift, the gardener will charge you 250,000 VND/kg of strawberries.
Strawberry vines are planted in straight rows with trellises as high as an adult’s chest and ripe in bunches. will droop down. But if you want to choose ripe berries, you still have to bend down and observe carefully.
Ms. Thanh Mai from Ho Chi Minh City was one of the guests present. at the garden to experience on the 2nd day of Tet (February 11). The girl born in 1999 said that as soon as the garden owner opened the door, the customers rushed inside.
In their hands, each person held a basket to continuously observe while their feet ran at high speed to quickly catch up. Pick ripe fruit. There were even red fruits that had just sprouted at the end and someone picked them.
“After a while of picking the whole garden, there were only tiny green fruits left, so everyone had to stop.” Ms. Mai said.
It is known that this time is when strawberries are in harvest from January to September. 6. During the recent peak Tet holiday, there was a day when the garden sold more than 1 quintal of strawberries for customers to experience.
“Due to the warmer weather this year, the strawberry garden had fruit later than last year. last. This Tet holiday, Sapa has become an attractive spring tourist destination, so the strawberry garden also welcomed a record number of visitors. Because strawberries bear fruit later this year, we have an overload situation.
Every garden that has been picked by all customers has to close. Many regular customers called to ask when the garden would reopen, but we also told them to wait a few days for the strawberries to produce larger fruits and then open to serve everyone.” the owner of the strawberry garden said.
According to Mr. Nghia, the strawberry garden welcomes about 90% of domestic guests. The remaining 10% are international visitors from many Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia…
Not only did the strawberry garden receive an overload of visitors in 3 days Last Lunar New Year more than 44,000 visitors came to Sapa has more than 6,000 international visitors. Particularly on the 3rd day of Tet (February 12), there were nearly 24,300 tourists visiting and staying.
According to a report from the Culture and Information Department in Sapa, hotels, motels, and accommodation facilities Community shelters during the recent Tet holiday were all full. Tourists concentrate mainly in the middle and high-end areas in the central area.
In particular, community tourism destinations have an average booking capacity of 45%, concentrated in Ta Van communes. Ta Phin and Muong Hoa.
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