Tourist sites nationwide attracted large numbers of visitors during thecalendar New Year’s holiday (Jan 1-4, 2015), significantlycontributing to the sector’s revenue.
Over 50,000holiday-makers came to the northern mountainous province of Lao Caiduring the vacation. Of whom, 40,000 visited Sa Pa district,which is famous for Ham Rong Mountain , Thac Bac and Thac TinhYeu (Bac and Love Waterfall) and the hamlets of Ta Phin, Ta Van and CatCat with terraced fields and unique habits of ethnic minorities.
Duringthe first three days of the new year, more than 7,000 pilgrimsflocked to the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site in the northernprovince of Hai Duong, which was recognised as a national heritagesite in 1962 and a special national heritage site in 2012.
In2013, the Con Son-Kiep Bac spring and autumn festivals receivednational intangible cultural heritage status. The festivals are held inthe first and eighth lunar months every year to commemorate nationalheroes Nguyen Trai, (the Great Man of Culture of the world), and TranHung Dao, who acted as the Supreme Commander of Vietnam during the TranDynasty, leading Vietnamese troops to repel three major Mongolianinvasions in the 13th century.
During the four-day holiday, thecentral city of Da Nang greeted nearly 63,000 visitors, including33,000 foreigners, up 32 percent and 30.2 percent over the same periodlast year, respectively.
According to travel agencies, mostforeign tourists arriving in Da Nang on the occasion are Korean,Japanese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Chinese, Lao and Thai and European.
Meanwhile,as many as 35,600 people visited the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho ,bringing an estimated 28 billion VND (1.3 million USD) to the locality.Of the total, international arrivals accounted for 9 percent.
Themost attractive destinations in the city include Ninh Kieu Wharf, CaiRang floating-market, My Khanh tourism village, Thien Vien Truc Lam(Southern Truc Lam Zen Monastery), Binh Thuy communal house, Binh Thuyancient house and Ong pagoda. As the largest pagoda in the MekongDelta region, Thien Vien Truc Lam attracts about 4,500 tourists per day.
The municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourismreported that in 2014, the local tourism sector earned 1.17 trillion VND(nearly 55 million USD) from serving over 1.3 million tourists, up 20percent and 9 percent, respectively, against the previous year.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre also saw a sharp increase inthe number of foreign visitors and Vietnamese expatriates who desiredto explore islets in Tien River, Thach Hai commune’s beaches, andcraft villages.
In 2014, the locality welcomed over 900,000visitors, with nearly 40 percent being foreigners, earning over 560billion VND or a 20 percent increase against 2013.
This year,the local tourism sector hopes to enjoy a higher growth thanks to theorganisation of the 5th Coconut Festival in March and otherimportant events.-VNA
Over 50,000holiday-makers came to the northern mountainous province of Lao Caiduring the vacation. Of whom, 40,000 visited Sa Pa district,which is famous for Ham Rong Mountain , Thac Bac and Thac TinhYeu (Bac and Love Waterfall) and the hamlets of Ta Phin, Ta Van and CatCat with terraced fields and unique habits of ethnic minorities.
Duringthe first three days of the new year, more than 7,000 pilgrimsflocked to the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site in the northernprovince of Hai Duong, which was recognised as a national heritagesite in 1962 and a special national heritage site in 2012.
In2013, the Con Son-Kiep Bac spring and autumn festivals receivednational intangible cultural heritage status. The festivals are held inthe first and eighth lunar months every year to commemorate nationalheroes Nguyen Trai, (the Great Man of Culture of the world), and TranHung Dao, who acted as the Supreme Commander of Vietnam during the TranDynasty, leading Vietnamese troops to repel three major Mongolianinvasions in the 13th century.
During the four-day holiday, thecentral city of Da Nang greeted nearly 63,000 visitors, including33,000 foreigners, up 32 percent and 30.2 percent over the same periodlast year, respectively.
According to travel agencies, mostforeign tourists arriving in Da Nang on the occasion are Korean,Japanese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Chinese, Lao and Thai and European.
Meanwhile,as many as 35,600 people visited the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho ,bringing an estimated 28 billion VND (1.3 million USD) to the locality.Of the total, international arrivals accounted for 9 percent.
Themost attractive destinations in the city include Ninh Kieu Wharf, CaiRang floating-market, My Khanh tourism village, Thien Vien Truc Lam(Southern Truc Lam Zen Monastery), Binh Thuy communal house, Binh Thuyancient house and Ong pagoda. As the largest pagoda in the MekongDelta region, Thien Vien Truc Lam attracts about 4,500 tourists per day.
The municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourismreported that in 2014, the local tourism sector earned 1.17 trillion VND(nearly 55 million USD) from serving over 1.3 million tourists, up 20percent and 9 percent, respectively, against the previous year.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre also saw a sharp increase inthe number of foreign visitors and Vietnamese expatriates who desiredto explore islets in Tien River, Thach Hai commune’s beaches, andcraft villages.
In 2014, the locality welcomed over 900,000visitors, with nearly 40 percent being foreigners, earning over 560billion VND or a 20 percent increase against 2013.
This year,the local tourism sector hopes to enjoy a higher growth thanks to theorganisation of the 5th Coconut Festival in March and otherimportant events.-VNA
