92 businesses join Dalat flower festival

Ninety-two domestic and international businesses have registered to participate in the 2012 Dalat international flower festival, according to Lam Dong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
This year’s festival will take place from December 30, 2011 to January 1, 2012, with “flower and light” street parade and the “flower space” show as its highlights.
The opening ceremony of the biannual festival will be held on the night of December 31, 2011 to be followed by a series of cultural and arts activities, including a flower road at the Palace Hotel and tours of flower villages, fields, valleys, hills and villas, a trade village fair, a gala night of street dances and flower balloon performances. The event is expected to attract around 300,000 visitors.