The provincial Culture, Sport and Tourism Department’s recent surveyshowed that the reasons the travellers gave for returning are improvedservices, stable prices, beautiful landscapes and a wide range ofattractions.
Visitors from Russia , theRepublic of Korea , Australia , and US account for the largestportion of foreign arrivals in Khanh Hoa. Russia has risen from thefourth position in 2010 to lead all other foreign tourism markets of theprovince.
In addition, Russian visitors stay longer and spend more than those from other countries.
“Russian tourists usually stay for an average 7 to 10 days, some evenstay for a month to learn water sports. They like resorts and spa, seabathing, mud-bath, and water sports,” said Phan Thanh Truc, ViceDirector of the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
So far this year, Khanh Hoa received 171,000 foreign visitors, anincrease of 27 percent compared to the same period last year, of whom35,000 were from Russia.-VNA