At the closing ceremony of the 2019 National Tourism Year (Photo: daidoanket.vn)Khanh Hoa (VNA) –The 2019 National Tourism Year themed “Colour of the Sea” has ended with flying colours, as seen in the recordnumber of international visitors and various prizes won by the country’s tourismsector.
The 2019 National Tourism Yearofficially concluded with a grand ceremony on December 28 in the south centralprovince of Khanh Hoa, which was the host of the year.
Head of the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh said at the event that the yearsaw 18 million foreign arrivals, up 16 percent from the previous year, and 85million domestic travellers, up 6.25. The tourism sector earned total revenuesof 720 trillion VND (31 billion USD).
At the 26th World Travel Awards (WTA),Vietnam was honoured as the “World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2019”. The country was chosen as Asia’s LeadingCulinary Destination at the WTA awards for Asia and Oceania last October andalso received the World’s Best Golf Destination 2019 award at the internationalWorld Golf Awards held in the UAE the same month.
As host of the 2019 National Tourism Year, KhanhHoa has held nearly 60 events throughout the year, including the ninth NhaTrang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival, the 2019 Miss Universe Vietnam finals, and theChallenge Vietnam 2019. Besides, 35 related events were held in other citiesand provinces across the country.
Khanh Hoa’s efforts have paid off with a 27.5percent increase in the number of international arrivals to 3.6 million and a 24percent rise in tourism revenue to more than 27 trillion VND.
At the ceremony, Khanh Hoa handed over thehosting role of the National Tourism Year to the northern province of Ninh Binh,which will chair the 2020 National Tourism Year under the theme of “Hoa Lu –thousand-year-old ancient capital”./.
VNA
