Foreign tourist inflow to Hà Nội rebounds
VGP - The number of foreign visitors to Hà Nội has increased again since the beginning of this year to reach a 12% growth rate on-year or 551,600 arrivals after a long period of decrease, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The city’s major markets include Germany with 104,900 visitors,
increasing four times on-year; then comes China with a 32% growth rate or 76,600;
France 32% (59,100); Japan 20% (50,900); Australia 7% (46,400); the US 1% (35,400),
and the UK 20% (31,900).
French tourists visiting Hà Nội by cyclos
Such increase is attributed to Việt
The department has surveyed and built up a number of tourism programs
and products based on the city’s comparative advantages. Programs such as tours
to some ancient capital cities, Hà Nội’s cross-history tours, martial art
tourism, museum tourism, and home-stay tourism have been being implemented by
travel agents, the department said.