Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, which has been twice recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), welcomed 4.4 million holidaymakers throughout the year, including 2.9 million foreigners, and raked in 1.23 trillion VND (53.1 million USD) from tourism.

Ha Long Bay.

Meanwhile, more than 6.32 million tourists, including over 759,859 foreigners, flocked to the Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern mountainous province of Ninh Binh, earning the locality 867.5 billion VND.

Another popular heritage site was the Hue citadel complex in Thua Thien-Hue province, which lured over 3.32 million tourists, including 2.21 million foreigners, generating 378 billion VND in tourism revenue.

Among the 5.35 million vacationers to the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam province, 4 million were foreigners. The locality pocketed 300 billion VND from tourism.

Other sites included the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province, the My Son religious site, in Quang Nam province, the Thang Long-Hanoi Royal Citadel and the Ho Dynasty Citadel in Thanh Hoa province.

10 ASEAN heritage parks of Vietnam

With 10 ASEAN heritage parks, Vietnam is home to the highest number of such parks in the region.

Then practice recognised as heritage of mankind

Then is a long-standing cultural and religious practice of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in the northern mountainous region.

Then singing becomes part of intangible cultural heritages of humanity

“Then” singing practice of Vietnam’s ethnic groups of Tay, Nung, Thai has been named in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Cultural Heritage said on December 13.

Vietnam named World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2019

Vietnam has been honoured with “the World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2019” by the 26th World Travel Awards (WTA) at a recently held awards ceremony in Oman, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Over 3,000 athletes join Halong Bay Heritage Marathon 2019

More than 3,000 athletes, including nearly 1,600 foreigners, participated in the Halong Bay Heritage Marathon 2019 held on November 24 in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

Source: VNA