The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said the country welcomed over 1.8 million foreign tourists in the nine-month period, of which 1.2 million were recorded in the third quarter of this year, 2.5 times the figure in the previous quarter.

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The Republic of Korea (RoK), the US and Asian countries like Cambodia, Japan, Singapore and Thailand are the biggest sources of tourists for Vietnam, the agency noted.

As of mid-September, international search volumes for aviation and lodging services in the Southeast Asian nation rose three times and 10 times, respectively, as compared with early March when the country had yet reopened its doors.

Domestic holidaymakers reached about 86.8 million in the nine months, surpassing the 85 million in 2019.

More and more Vietnamese are travelling abroad, with their search volume increasing four times from early March, targeting such countries as Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, the US, Indonesia, France and Malaysia.

Vietnam fully reopened borders to tourists from March 15. The country aims to welcome 5 million foreign arrivals this year.

Luc Ngan improves citrus quality in associated with tourism development

(BGO) – Recently, the owners of orange and pomelo gardens in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) have actively cared for the trees and beautified the gardens to welcome visitors. Promoting the results of previous years, Luc Ngan district continues cooperating with competent sectors to connect and launch trade and tourism promotion event toward product introduction and consumption.

Bac Giang boosts up linkage for tourism development in Western of Yen Tu

(BGO) – To effectively tap the tourism potential in the Western side of Yen Tu Mountain, the party, authority and competent agencies in localities across the northern province of Bac Giang have mobilized various sources and boosted linkage for tourism development.

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.

Over 4 billion VND invested in building science experimental tourism site

(BGO) – Yen Dung Clean Vegetable Cooperative (Cooperative) has invested more than 4 billion VND (over 170,000 USD) to build science experimental tourism site about agriculture production for children at diverse ages from kindergarten to high school student in Tien Dung commune (Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province).

Bac Giang looks at ways to expand tourism potential to build economy

The northern province of Bac Giang is promoting its tourism sector by accelerating tourism-related activities to attract more visitors, said Tran Minh Ha, director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Source: VNA