Visitors flock to tourist attractions during holiday

People line up to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum. (Photo: VNA)

 More than 63,000 visitors, including 6,660 foreigners, visited the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ba Dinh historical and cultural relic site in Hanoi during the National Reunification Day and May Day holidays that began on April 30, the mausoleum management board reported.

During the holiday, more than 10,500 people visited the Da Chong (K9) historical relic site in Hanoi ’s outlying Ba Vi district, where the body of President Ho Chi Minh was preserved between 1969-1975.

Between April 30 and May 2, about 160,000 tourists came to Cua Lo beach in the central city of Nghe An per day. Many of them were from Laos and Thailand.

Meanwhile, the southernmost province of Ca Mau received over 10,000 visitors during the holiday, doubling the figure in the same period last year.

Among the key sites in the province were the Dat Mui and Khai Long beaches in Dat Mui commune, and Hon Da Bac in Khanh Binh commune, Tran Van Thoi district.

VNA