“ Vietnam Holidays “ - The number of foreign holidaymakers to Hanoi during this year’s Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival increased sharply reaching 120,000, reported the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Travellers
came from traditional markets such as Japan, Russia, France, the United
States, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.
The rise
was attributable to a growing number of overseas Vietnamese who
returned to the home country as the city is hosting celebrations of the
1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the National Tourism Year.
Thanks
to a longer Tet holiday, the number of outbound tourists also surged
remarkably to some 20,000, mainly to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and
Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, domestic holidaymakers on this occasion numbered 1 million despite a 20% rise in tour costs, the department said.
Just
want to let you know that we had a marvellous trip to Vietnam ,Laos and all the
guides and sites were very well planned and organised so a big thank
you. Next trip will be Cambodia and possibly Vietnam and 6 days on a
beach location. We’ll contact you soon for our trip.
