The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has directed museums nationwide to provide free entrance for tourists on International Museum Day (May 18th).
The northern province of Quang Ninh greeted nearly 5 million tourists in the first quarter of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 21%, in which 1.3 million are foreigners, up 8%, reported its Department of Tourism.
The central province of Quang Binh has stepped up activities to stimulate tourism demand, aiming to welcome 3.5 million tourists this year.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang welcomed more than 1.5 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, surging 3.7 percent against the same period in 2017.
The northern province of Quang Ninh greeted 4.6 million tourists in the first quarter of 2018, up 21% over a year earlier; in which 1.3 million were foreigners, up 8%, according to the Department of Tourism.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho welcomed an estimated 1.8 million tourists in the first two months of 2018, up 19 percent against the same period in 2017, and fulfilling 22 percent of its set target.
The number of tourists to the Central Highland province of Dak Lak reached nearly 140,000 during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2018, a 20% rise over a year earlier, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Nearly one million visitors came to pay tribute to Hung Kings and other ancestors who founded the country at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern province of Phu Tho during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Ha Noi expects to serve 23.83 million visitors, including 4.95 foreigners, this year, a rise of nine percent from the previous year.
More than 840,000 tourists, including 17,000 foreigners, chose the southernmost province of Ca Mau as a destination for their holidays in the first eight months of 2017, rising by 11.2 percent from a year earlier.
Bac Ha district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai experienced a 200 percent surge year on year in number of tourists in the first five months of the year, according to Ta Cong Huy, Chairman of the local People’s Committee.
In June the Ha Noi Opera House will begin welcoming tourists to enjoy performances and learn about the building’s history and architecture.