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
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.
Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.
Mai Chau is a mountainous district and home to many ethnic groups such as Thai, Muong, Kinh, Mong, Dao, and Tay with distinctive cultural identities, creating a diverse and unique cultural treasure. Aware of its advantages, the district has paid attention to the preservation and promotion of ethnic groups’ cultural values so that culture will become a leverage for tourism and contribute to socio-economic development and life quality improvement.
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