According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Tourism, the number of visitors to Hanoi has reached 50-70% of the time before the outbreak of Covid-19 with a sharp increase of tourists from Europe.
Foreign tourists in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Currently,
the number of asian visitors to hanoi accounts for 65%, european visitors
account for 25%. many travel related companies have devised policies to find
ways to expand the market, and actively welcome visitors from europe, the us,
australia to hanoi and vice versa.
Director of the hanoi
department of tourism tran duc hai said that the city has implemented
synchronous measures to cope with covid -19, restructure the market, as well as
continue to improve the quality of services and promote the promotion.
Over the past time, although
the number of chinese tourists has decreased sharply, other markets increased
steadily such as japan (200%), india (65%), he said, adding the number of
european tourists also remarkably increased.
General director of the
vietnam national administration of tourism nguyen trung khanh has recently sent
a letter to international partners of the tourism industry to inform on vietnam's
efforts in response to covid -19 and affirmed that tourist destinations in
vietnam remain open.
The tourism sector will
maintain acting responsibible for the whole of society and place a high
priority on visitors and their safety, he added.
Spanning thousands of hectares and winding gracefully along mountain slopes, hillsides, and riverbanks, the terraced rice fields of Lac Son District present a stunning and captivating beauty. This region, renowned for its remarkable terraced landscapes, is also the centre of Hoa Binh Culture known for numerous archaeological sites.
The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.
The man-made Hoa Binh Lake, with a water surface area of approximately 9,000 hectares and a capacity of 9.45 billion cubic meters, stretches over 200 kilometers from Hoa Binh to Son La provinces. With the goal of developing into a national tourism area, the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to not only become the largest tourism centre in the province but also one of the 12 key tourist destinations in the northern midland and mountainous region of Vietnam.
Da Bia hamlet, now Duc Phong, in Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, was once almost isolated from the outside as the only way to the hamlet was to get a boat ride across the Hoa Binh reservoir. However, as its tourism potential has been unleashed, the hamlet has established itself as one of the most attractive destinations on the tourism map. It has even received the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Awards in 2019.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province welcomed over 684 thousand visitors to visit and relax. In which, over 516 thousand domestic visitors and more than 168 thousand international visitors. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 821 billion VND.
Da Bac district, bestowed with stunning landscapes, is developing ecological and resort tourism offerings. Several tourist sites, put into operation this year, has attracted throngs of high-spending and young domestic visitors.
