First New Year visitors to Thua Thien – Hue receive effusive welcome

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue accorded its first 200 visitors on New Year day to a special welcoming ceremony at Phu Bai International Airport on January 1.
First New Year visitors to Thua Thien – Hue receive effusive welcome ảnh 1The central province of Thua Thien – Hue accords its first 200 visitors on New Year day to a special welcoming ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien – Hue accordedits first 200 visitors on New Year day to a special welcoming ceremony at PhuBai International Airport on January 1.

Besides bouquets and souvenirs, passengers on Vietnam Airlines’ Flight VN1541from Hanoi enjoyed an art performance and received New Year wishes from localauthorities.

Particularly, two luckies passengers were presented Vietnam Airlines’ round-triptickets and special gifts from the provincial Department of Tourism.

The ceremony is part of the activities to kick off the series of festivals inThua Thien – Hue throughout the year, helping popularise local touristdestinations and standout products, as well as develop the brands of “Hue – the city of festival”, “Hue – the city of typical cuisine”,and “Hue – the city of Ao dai”.

Hue, the imperial capital in Vietnam for over 100 years, hasbeen a unique destination in central Vietnam with its five UNESCO heritage: the ancient citadel relic complex, Hue royal court music, NguyenDynasty’s wooden blocks, Nguyen Dynasty’s royal administrative documents, andliterature on Hue royal architecture

This year, Thua Thien - Hue eyes to welcome up to 4 milliontourist arrivals, with domestic visitors accounting for 60-70%, and earn some 8trillion VND (329.6 million USD) from them.

Diversifyingtourism products and improving customer experiences are important measures for ThuaThien - Hue to carve out its goals. Besides, the province has plans to branchout high-end tourism offerings, with a focus on culture-heritage tourism,eco-tourism, resort and healthcare tourism, and MICE tourism, among others.

It will continue developing smart tourism on the basis of digitaltransformation and green and sustainable transition./.
VNA

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