Nine million Vietnamese and 960,000 foreign visitors arrived in Hanoi so far this year, representing increases of 40% and 15% over the same period last year.
Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) daily quoted Truong Minh Tien, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism as saying that Hanoi welcomed 1.2 million domestic visitors and more than 30 thousand foreign visitors during the 10-day celebrations of the city’s 1,000 th anniversary from October 1-10.
Tien said he expects a greater number of foreign tourists will arrive in Hanoi following the anniversary.
The capital’s tourism sector will continue to improve quality of hotels and tourism services in order to achieve the target of 1.4 million international tourists and 11 million domestic tourists in 2010./.
Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) daily quoted Truong Minh Tien, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism as saying that Hanoi welcomed 1.2 million domestic visitors and more than 30 thousand foreign visitors during the 10-day celebrations of the city’s 1,000 th anniversary from October 1-10.
Tien said he expects a greater number of foreign tourists will arrive in Hanoi following the anniversary.
The capital’s tourism sector will continue to improve quality of hotels and tourism services in order to achieve the target of 1.4 million international tourists and 11 million domestic tourists in 2010./.
