The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak served nearly 140,000 visitors during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, a rise of 20 percent year-on-year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The ancient imperial city of Hue in the central province of Thua Thien Hue welcomed nearly 120,000 visitors, including 48,000 foreign arrivals, during the week-long lunar New Year(Tet) festival.
Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong welcomed more than 280,000 visitors, including 14,000 foreign arrivals during the lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, a rise of more than 14% on the same period last year.
Cruise travel is growing rapidly in Viet Nam due to the country’s increasing affluence, experts said.
Viet Nam made strong impression on visitors at the 15th Sakia Exhibition for Cultural Services, which opened at the El Sawy Culturewheel centre in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo on February 21.
A spring festival will be held at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Ha Noi on February 24-25 to promote the rich and diverse cultures of ethnic groups across the country and strengthen national unity.
A ceremony was held to mark the 1978th anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising at the Hai Ba Trung Temple, a special national relic site, in Ha Noi’s Me Linh district on February 21, or the 6th day in the first month of the Year of the Dog.
The number of international tourists to the capital city of Ha Noi are estimated to rise by 30 percent to 125,000 people during the week-long Tet (Vietnamese New Year) festival, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Tourism in central and southern regions have reaped the benefits of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday (February 14 - 20), reporting an impressive surge in the number of visitors.
A traditional Tet market was held at Phong Nha - Ke Bang tourist centre in the central province of Quang Binh on February 19 (the fourth day of the lunar new year).
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board welcomed more than 18,000 visitors who came to pay tribute to the late President during the Tet holidays from February 15-18.
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.