Foreign tourists gather on a street in Hanoi's Old Quarter (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The total number of visitors toHanoi is estimated to hit 26.04 million this year, up 9.3 percent from 2017, asreleased at a regular press conference of the municipal Party Committee onDecember 11.
Among these visitors, there are about 5.74 million foreigners,of whom 60 percent come from Asia and some 24 percent from Europe. Tourism iscalculated to earn the capital more than 75.8 trillion VND (3.26 billion USD) throughoutthe year, an annual increase of 11.7 percent.
Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Tourism NguyenAnh Dung attributed the outcomes to the city’s expansion of cooperationprogrammes with other localities nationwide and with organisations it holdsmembership in, like the Council for Promoting Tourism in Asia (CPTA) and the TourismPromotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific Cities (TPO).
He said the promotion of Hanoi among the global audience ofthe US’ Cable News Network (CNN) and the local authorities’ building of a smarttourism system also contributed to the results.
To keep such growth momentum, the department has recently setout a variety of measures. Accordingly, it will intensify communicationsactivities to promote international sports events hosted by the city, like the FormulaOne (F1) race in 2020 and the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2021.Cooperation with international airlines, travel agencies, and other related organisationsare prioritised with a focus on key tourist markets like the US, Europe,Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India. The department will pay attention topromotion work at international exhibitions and continue its collaboration withother localities in Vietnam.
In 2019, Hanoi aims to welcome 28.58 million tourists for arevenue of 84.78 trillion VND (3.64 billion USD), up 9.8 and 11.8 percent from the2018 estimates, respectively. Of the total visitors, there will be about 6.66million foreigners. –VNA
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