The figure includes 1.6 million domestic tourists and 156,000 foreign visitors. The sector’s revenue in August is expected to reach 4 trillion VND (171 million USD).

Thien Son-Suoi Nga, a tourist site in Hanoi's Ba Vi District.

Since the start of the year, the capital city has welcomed nearly 12.4 million visitors, 4.2 times higher than the same period last year, of which the number of foreign tourists is estimated at 582,000.

During this period, total tourism revenue is estimated at 35.9 trillion VND (1.5 billion USD).

Visitors to Hanoi over the first eight months of 2022 already exceeded the full-year target of 9-10 million.

Director of Hanoi’s Tourism Department Dang Huong Giang said the city is encouraging the development of new tourism products such as hot-air balloons in Ba Vi and paragliding in Chuong My.

In addition, the city will continue enhancing night culture and food tourism products in the Old Quarter.

Aviation body proposes more international routes to major tourism markets

Vietnam Aviation Business Association has suggested opening more direct routes to countries sending a large number of tourists to Vietnam to boost post-pandemic recovery.

Vietnam’s domestic tourism continues to see strong growth

The Vietnamese domestic tourism market continued its strong recovery with searches for destinations in July surging eight times compared to a year earlier, and three times against early March when tourism began to reopen.

Ha Long Bay, Cu Chi Tunnels among ten adventurous tourism places in Southeast Asia

The travel magazine The Travel has listed Ha Long Bay in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh and Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City among the ten must-visit epic and adventurous places in Southeast Asia.

Con Dao Island’s makeover: From “a hell on earth” to “a tourism heaven”

Con Dao Island, off the coast of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, was once named “hell on earth”, with painful memories of French colonialists and the Americans turning the island into a prison to hold Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers during wartime. Today, Con Dao has become an attractive tourist island for both domestic and foreign visitors.

Bac Giang builds unique, attractive tourism products

(BGO) - In order to attract tourists, over the past time, relevant agencies, local authorities and tour operators in Bac Giang province have taken many solutions to create attractive tourism products.

Source: NDO