(TITC) - According to statistics of the Thua Thien - Hue Province's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first nine months of 2013, the province attracted 1.998 million tourist arrivals, reaching 79.92 percent of the target of receiving 2.5 million tourist arrivals, including over 752,000 international arrivals (from some main markets such as Thailand, France, Australia, UK, Germany).