In Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Localities nationwide welcomed first New Year visitorson January 1.
At Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, themunicipal Department of Tourism and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines presentedits domestic round-trip and business-class tickets to six lucky passengers chosenon Flight VN30 from Germany’s Frankfurt that landed in the city at 7:25am.
Budget Vietjet Air also gifted its round-trip tickets forinternational flights to five lucky passengers on Flight VJ841 from Taiwan(China) to the city at 8:50am the same day.
The TST Tourist Service & Trading Corporation also gave themvouchers of free entrance to Ao Dai Museum in the city.
At the welcome ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Director of the municipal Tourism Department Nguyen Thi Anh Hoasaid this year, the sector targets hosting 5 million foreigners, 35 milliondomestic visitors and earning 160 trillion VND from tourism.
In the northern province of Lao Cai, the provincial Departmentof Tourism and the provincial Tourism Association welcomed 400 passengers onthe Hanoi – Lao Cai train SP3, including over 250 foreigners.
In Lao Cai railway station (Photo: VNA) Director of the provincial Tourism Department Ha Van Thang saidthe activity aims to popularise the images of Lao Cai to internationalvisitors, toward welcoming 6 million tourists and earning over 20 trillion VNDin tourism revenue this year.
Vietnam Airlines’ firstdomestic flight with 165 passengers from Hanoi landed at Da Nang InternationalAirport at 8:55am the same day. Meanwhile, Vietjet Air’s first internationalflight with 170 passengers on board departed from the Republic of Korea (RoK)’sIncheon and arrived in Da Nang at 10am.
They were presented with flowers, gifts andenjoyed lion dances at the welcome ceremony.
Three passengers on the domestic flightreceived business-class tickets for domestic trips each while three others on theinternational flight also obtained international round-trip tickets.
Deputy Director of the municipal Tourism Department Nguyen XuanBinh said in 2023, the city will develop MICE tourism and hold more internationalsport and cultural tourism activities to resume tourist arrivals in the city.
From December 30, 2022 till January 2, 2023, DaNang plans to welcome around 395 flights with more than 58,000 passengers,including 236 domestic and 159 international flights.
At Cam Ranh International Airport, the TourismDepartment of the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa also greeted thefirst passengers on the Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN441 from the RoK withflowers, gifts, folk music and lion dance performances.
In the afternoon, the second flight DV5207, run by Scatt Airlines, brought 180 foreigners to the province at 1pm, mostly those from Kazakhstan,Russia and Uzbekistan.
Director of the provincial Tourism Department Nguyen Thi Le Thanhhoped that the event will help attract more tourists to Khanh Hoa which isknown as a safe, friendly and attractive destination./.
