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About 9 million Vietnamese travel during Tet

The tourism sector served about 9 million domestic tourists in the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, up about 47.5% over the previous Tet, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
About 9 million Vietnamese travel during Tet ảnh 1Tourists in Hoi An (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The tourismsector served about 9 million domestic tourists in the week-long Lunar New Year(Tet) holiday, up about 47.5% over the previous Tet, according to the VietnamNational Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

During the holiday from January 20-26, totalrevenue from tourism activities was estimated at 17.5 trillion VND (745.79million USD), down 30% year on year, reported the VNAT.

The administration said that the number offoreign tourists in the Tet holiday surged from the New Year holiday,attributing the rise to China's reopening from January 8.

The capital city of Hanoi welcomed 32,000foreign visitors during Tet holiday, mostly from the Republic of Korea (RoK),Japan, Singapore, Canada and France.

Meanwhile, each day, the Khanh Hoa provincereceived 15 flights with 188-220 Chinese visitors each, along with about 1,400tourists from Kazakhstan and the RoK. In total, the south-central touristdestination served about 11,300 foreigners during the holiday.

Ninh Binh also welcomed 29,500 foreignvisitors, while Ba Ria-Vung Tau received about 10,688.

To meet the high demand of tourists in theholiday, travel firms have offered diverse products and services as well aspromotion programmes to their customers./.
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