Visitors to Vietnam during Tet increase

The number of both domestic and foreign holidaymakers during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival this year increased sharply.

Vietravel said visitors booking domestic and outbound tours during Tet increased 40 percent over last year. Notably, its office on 190 Pasteur, in HCM City welcomed a record 2,300 people on the second day of Tet.

 The nation’s leading Saigontourist offered 130 tours for 10,000 visitors, including overseas Vietnamese returning home to enjoy the Tet holiday. It also received over 9,000 foreigners on cruises. The number of Saigontourist visitors increased nearly 20 percent over last year’s period.

Meanwhile, the number of tourists to Hue over the holiday increased sharply, reaching about 50,000, some 20,000 more than last year.

From the first to third day of Tet, Hanoi welcomed over 1,000 visitors through its Noi Bai International Airport, most of them from European countries and overseas Vietnamese.

Other well-known cites such as Da Nang, Nha Trang, Binh Thuan, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and Quang Ninh are expected to attract a large number of domestic tourists for the many traditional festivals held in the Spring.

(VOV)