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Int’l visitors flock to Mekong Delta ahead of New Year festival

The Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang have seen a boom in foreign tourist arrivals over the last weeks of 2022.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang haveseen a boom in foreign tourist arrivals over the last weeks of 2022.

According to Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Tan Chau town, An Giangprovince Tran Thi Hoa Binh, each week, the locality welcomed about 200 foreign visitors,mainly from Europe and the US.

Statistics show that An Giang served about 7.5 million visitors and earned  4.7 trillion VND (198.6 million USD) fromtourism activities in 2022, representing respective year-on-year surges of 127% and 119%.

Meanwhile, Kien Giang welcomed over 7 million domestic and foreign visitors inthe year, including 194,555 foreigners, raking in nearly 9.7 trillion VND, according to Director of theprovincial Department of Tourism Bui Quoc Thai.

A number of infrastructure facilities invested by Sun Group will be put intooperation in Phu Quoc city onDecember 24, with the aim of luring more tourists.

Le Trung Thuc, Public Relations Director of Sunset Sanato Resort and Villas Phu Quoc, said his firm haslaunched a promotional package offering a discount of 25% for accommodation services from December 2022 to May 2023 to attractvisitors./. 
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