The central province of Thua Thien Hue welcomed 414,500 international visitors in the first half of this year, up 6.76 percent year-on-year, with tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) topping the list.
Ho Chi Minh City set a target of welcoming seven million international visitors in 2017, announced the Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong, at a conference between the City’s leaders and travel businesses on April 13.
The central city of Da Nang is expected to welcome 100,356 foreign visitors in the Lunar New Year 2017, an increase of 26.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Department of Tourism.
The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City received the first international tourists of the year 2017 at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport on January 1.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 190 foreign visitors aboard a Vietnam Airlines’ flight from Ha Noi on January 1.
Nearly 87,000 international holiday-makers visited tourist sites in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in 2016 or nearly 10 percent year-on-year through Chan May port by cruise ships.
More than 5.2 million foreign tourists visited Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, a rise of 10% against last year, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism has said.
International arrivals to Ho Chi Minh City numbered over 3.61 million in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent.
The number of foreign tourists to Viet Nam in the first quarter of this year is estimated to reach 2,007,884, down 13.7% against the same period last year, announced the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO).
Central Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed more than 437,900 visitors, including 165,400 inbound travellers and 272,500 domestic tourists in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%.
The Hue relics complex in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed more than 500,645 visitors in the first quarter of 2014, including 320,740 foreigners.