Can Tho City’s tourism revenue during this year's nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival skyrocketed 75% on-year to VND70 billion, local authorities have revealed.
Lao Cai has welcomed international holidaymakers from 70 countries worldwide, becoming one of the five tourist hubs in the North of Viet Nam besides Ha Noi capital, Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh provinces and Hai Phong port city.
Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi held a series of cultural activities to welcome the Lunar New Year and spring festival of ethnic minority groups across the country on February 2.
Well-known traditional markets in Lao Cai province, including Bac Ha; Van Ban markets and Sa Pa love market, will be reproduced at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, No.2 Hoa Lu Street, Ha Noi from February 2-15.
Many localities across the nation, particularly tourist attractions, welcomed a large number of visitors during the first four days of the New Year.
The Phu Yen Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on October 21 released their logo and slogan which will be officially used for tourism promotion and advertising activities in the central southern coastal province.
Binh Minh Tourism Company has launched new caravan tours to the popular resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai following the inauguration of the Noi Bai-Lao Cai highway.
Nearly 100 photos and maps depicting nine special national relics in Ha Noi are being displayed at an exhibition at the Temple of Literature from September 24 to October 24 to mark the 60th anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 – 2014).
Viet Nam has recently emerged as one of top travel destinations for European tourists, including those from the UK, with more than 144,800 British arrivals in the first 8 months of this year.
Vietnamese diplomatic representatives joined their Asia-Pacific counterparts for Embassy Day in Berlin to promote Viet Nam’s image internationally.
Over the January-July period, the number of tourists to the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai topped 800,000, up a whopping 25 percent thanks to the locality’s tourism stimulus drive for 2014, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.