Nha Trang City in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa greeted about 190,000 Russian tourist arrivals in the first ten months this year, said Phan Thi Thanh Truc, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The central city is expected to welcome another 60,000 Russian tourists during the closing months of the year, bringing the total figure for the whole year to about 250,000. The tourists to Khanh Hoa are from the Russian Far East, Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Currently, together with Russian tourists served by Pegas Anh Duong and Focus Travel companies, other travel businesses such as Turkey’s Anex Tour and Nhat Minh Ltd., Co are providing services for the market.
Over the past ten months this year, the Khanh Hoa tourism sector received more than 3 million tourist arrivals, in which over 685,000 were foreigners. The province earned a total tourism turnover of over VND5.04 trillion.