Hanoi welcomes 4.45 million foreign visitors in nine months

Hanoi welcomed about 4.45 million foreign tourists in the first nine months of this year, soaring 40.8% year-on-year and nearly fulfilling its yearly target of serving 5 million international visitors, according to the city Department Tourism.

The Hanoi Department Tourism said that in September, the capital city received 2.16 million visitors, up 6.1% year-on-year. The figure included 510,600 foreigners, a surge of 32% over the same period last year.

The city’s total tourism revenue hit 8.66 trillion VND (about 351 million USD) last month, up 12.8% year-on-year.

The department said that in the rest of the year, the city will promote new tourism products such as adventure sports tourism, experiential tourism, and virtual reality tourism.

In addition, it will develop MICE tourism in locations with advantages in leisure and golf tourism associated with hosting cultural, sports, political, social events, major national and international festivals./.