Turtule Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake, a famous tourist attraction in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi welcomed 2.9 millionvisitors, all from localities inside the country, in the first nine months of2021, a fall of 57.5 percent year on year, according to the city’s Departmentof Tourism.
The department reported that total revenue of the sectoralso dropped 66.2 percent over the same period last year to 8.17 trillion VND (356.1million USD).
In the coming time, the department will focus on strengtheningCOVID-19 prevention and control among businesses, organisations and individualsengaging in tourism activities in the city, while increasing the application ofinformation technology in tourism management.
Alongside, the department will finalise and submit to themunicipal People’s Committee a plan to organise a travel gift festival, and aplan on agricultural tourism development in line with new-style rural areabuilding in the 2021-2025 period.
This year, the city’s tourism sector has set an overalltarget of catering to between 13.16 and 19.4 million tourists, including10.96-15.34 million domestic visitors./.
