Foreign visitors to the Complex of Hue Monuments. (Photo: VNA)Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in thecentral province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 320,000 visitors, including 262,000foreigners, in January, a year-on-year surge of 30 percent.
During the Calendar New Year holiday alone, the former imperial capital city ofHue received over 35,000 visitors, 80 percent of whom came from foreigncountries.
This year, the locality will continue to develop “Hue-One Destination, FiveWorld Heritages” tour (including the Complex of Hue Monuments, royal courtmusic, woodblocks and imperial records of the Nguyen Dynasty and Chinese-scriptpoetry on Hue royal architecture.
Local tourism sector set a target of welcoming 4-4.2 million visitors in 2018,10 percent higher than last year. Revenue from tourism services is expected tosurge 15 percent to 4-4.2 trillion VND (176.4-185.2 million USD).
Preservation will be made to a line-up of architectural works like Kien Trungpalace, the Purple Forbidden City (Tu Cam Thanh) and Duc Duc tomb. Thepreservation centre has applied high technology to preserve landscapes at therelic sites.
Last year, more than 3 million people, including 1.8 million foreigners,visited the UNESCO world heritage site. Total revenue from tourism last yearwas 155 million USD.-VNA
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