The number of Russian tourists visiting the southern central coastal province of Binh Thuan has shot up in the last few years and they now account for 30 percent of all foreign tourist arrivals.

The number of Russian visitors to Mui Ne in Binh Thuan province rose from 17,000 in 2007 to 60,000 in the first nine months of this year.

So far this year, Binh Thuan province tourism authorities have received delegates from 14 travel agencies in Novosibirsk , Russia who came on fact-finding tourst./.