The total number of tourists that travelled to the capital city of Hanoi is estimated to rise by 10.3 percent to 514,866 people during the nine-day Tet holiday, from February 2 to 9, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Illustrative image (Source: hanoi.qdnd.vn)
Accordingly, the number of international tourists to Hanoi is
estimated at 162,676 visitors, an increase of 15% compared to the same period
of 2018, while the number of domestic tourists was estimated at 352,190
visitors, an increase of 8.5% from the same period last year.
The local tourism industry was estimated
to earn over VND 2 trillion during the biggest holiday of the year, up 33.3%
year on year.
Most of the foreign visitors came from
the Republic of Korea, China, Malaysia, the US, the UK, Japan, France, Germany,
and Australia.
Most visitors flocked to the city’s popular
attractions, such as the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Thang Long Imperial
Citadel, Huong Son landscape complex (also known as the Huong Pagoda), Ngoc Son
Temple in the heart of Hoan Kiem Lake, Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) and
Quoc Tu Giam (the first university in Vietnam) and the Vietnam National
Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, which hosted a series of art
performances and cultural activities to celebrate the traditional New Year.
Source: NDO
Currently, the tourism products of Yen Thuy district are mainly the festival and spiritual tourism. In addition to ensuring a civilized lifestyle in the religious activities, the party committees and the local authorities at all levels always focus on preserving the value of historical, cultural relics and festivals associated with exploiting tourism strengths.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.
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