Visitors will be welcomed to the site in Sithantai village, Sikhottabong district, Vientiane by the spectacle of around 2 million sunflowers in the park set along the beautiful scenery of the Mekongriverbank.

President of the new attraction operator Fawatthana Company, Kongfa Phoummasack, told Lao media recently of plans to officially open Sunflower Park for Lao New Year.

Many visitors had already visited the sunflower garden because it was located next to the most popular location in Vientiane, the banks of the Mekong River, Kongfa said.

He explained they had been planting sunflowers along the riverbank for some time with the aim of improving the environment in line with the Vientiane authority slogans of: safe, clean, light and green.

“We think they should have also added ‘edible’ because the sunflower seeds are edible,” he joked.

Sikhottabong district Governor, Phouvieng Keovongvichith said the park was an important tourism development for the district and Vientiane

“Our district has many tourism sites and I believe Sunflower Park will become a nature tourism model for Vientiane,” she said.

“We would like to thank Kongfa for the good idea of developing the riverbank into a new tourism attraction for Vientiane. Before it was a place where people dumped their waste but he has created something special,” she added.

One happy visitor from Nongbouathong village in Chanthabouly district said it was his second visit with his family to the park.

“I like coming here because they’ve created something natural and the sunflowers look great at sunset. I first saw it on Facebook and we’ll visit again for this Lao New Year,” he said.