The Huong Pagoda Tourism Festival 2026 takes place from February 18th to the end of May 11th, 2026 (ie from the 2nd day of the first lunar month to March 25th of the Binh Ngo year). The opening ceremony is held on February 22nd, 2026 (the 6th day of the first lunar month).
Many new points have been implemented right from the beginning of the festival season. Prominent is the promotion of digital transformation in the organization, management, investment in synchronous telecommunications infrastructure and installation of AI camera systems at key points to monitor security and order, and ensure festival civilization.
According to the Organizing Committee, from this year's festival season, ticket sales, ticket control of scenic spots and boat service management are carried out entirely by electronic methods, QR codes, ensuring publicity, transparency, and limiting jostling and negativity.
The festival operating center and hotline operate continuously to receive and promptly handle feedback from tourists.
The Perfume Pagoda Tourism Festival in 2026 is organized in a special context, when Hanoi city orients the construction of the Perfume Pagoda Special National Relic Area to become a national tourist area in 2026, and at the same time gradually complete the dossier to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage in 2030.
The festival space covers the entire special national relic area of Perfume Pagoda, with 4 main tourist routes and 20 temples, pagodas, and caves to worship Buddha. The key rituals are held at Thien Tru Pagoda, Huong Tich cave and the system of temples and pagodas in the relic complex, ensuring solemnity, order and sacred space.
The ceremony part is organized according to traditional Buddhist rituals and folk beliefs, expressing the desire to pray for national prosperity and people's peace, favorable weather, and peaceful and happy people's lives.
The festival part is organized selectively, focusing on cultural, folk art and community activities that are educational, healthy, and suitable for the relic space. The Organizing Committee advocates limiting ostentatious and commercialized activities, gradually bringing the festival back to its core values, and improving the quality of experience for tourists.
After the traditional festival, from May to December 2026, Huong Son commune will continue to implement activities to develop four-season tourism, strengthen regional linkages, organize cultural, sports, and artistic events; promote local agricultural products and specialties; build experiential, check-in, meditation tourism and ecological - spiritual tourism spaces typical of Huong Pagoda.
With synchronous and drastic preparation, the 2026 Perfume Pagoda Tourism Festival aims for a safe, civilized, and friendly festival season, contributing to affirming the position of Perfume Pagoda as a typical cultural and spiritual destination of the Capital and the whole country.
