Khanh Hoa (VNA) - Silver Muse, a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship carrying 333 foreign passengers arrivedin the resort city of Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on March5.
Most of the passengers are from Germany, Canada,Australia, Colombia, Thailand, and China.
The ship, which departed from Singapore, willleave Nha Trang for the central city of Da Nang and then other countries worldwide.
On March 1, Khanh Hoa welcomed a Marshall Islands-flagged cruise shipwith 637 foreign passengers on board. The Seven Seas Explores is the first ofits kind to come to the province so far this year.
According to Khanh Hoa provincial Tourism Department,before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province usually hostedinternational ships. The return of international tourists to the province bysea is a good signal for its tourism.
So far this year, 27 cruise ships have registered tobring international tourists to Nha Trang city in 2023.
Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, director of the department, saidthat with experience and proper preparation, the province is ready to welcome alarge number of international visitors.
This year, the Khanh Hoa tourism industry targets towelcome about 4 million tourists, including 1.5 million international ones, andget a revenue of 21 trillion VND (885.5 million USD). Particularly in the firsttwo months of the year, the province welcomed more than 573,000 visitors,earning nearly 3.3 trillion VND, more than 3 times the amount the same periodlast year./.