Int’l visitors to Hanoi increase again

Hanoi has so far this year welcomed more than 500,000 international tourists, up 12 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Most visitors came from Germany (104,900, up four times), China (76,600, up 32 percent), France (59.100 percent, up 32 percent), Japan (50,900, up 20 percent), Australia (46,400, up 7 percent), the US (31,900, up 1 percent), and the UK (31,900, up 20 percent).

The increase in the number of international tourists is attributed to various tourism events and festivals being held in Hanoi, especially the grand celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi and the National Tourism Year 2010.

Since the beginning of the year, Hanoi has organized many cultural and tourist activities by improving the quality of tourism products, launching campaigns like “Hanoians Welcomes Guests” and “Green Tourism Year”, and hosting a contest to select the best tourist guides. The Vietnamese ao dai (traditional long dress) Festival, Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism 2010 and the Hanoi Culinary Arts Festival are also among the events that are aimed at attracting tourists.

Tags: foreign tourists to Vietnam, Vietnam Tourism

Posted by VBN on Jul 25 2010. Filed under Tourism, Trade, Price and Tourism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry