Hanoi welcomed more than 4.7 million foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 10.1 percent.
The capital city hosted a total 21.5 million visitors in the period, up 9.5 percent against the same period last year and 74.46 percent of this year’s plan. There were more than 16.8 million domestic holidaymakers, up 9.3 percent year-on-year.
Tourism revenue of the city reached 74.7 trillion VND (3.2 billion USD) in the nine months, up 30.9 percent and nearing 72 percent of the yearly plan.
Meanwhile, Hanoi’s hotels recorded an estimated occupancy rate of 70.5 percent, up 6.2 percent, serving visitors mostly from the Republic of Korea, China and Japan.
Hanoi has been selected to compete for the title of World’s Leading City Destination at the 2019 World Travel Awards (WTA).
The city is striving for 29 million tourists and 103 trillion VND in tourism revenue in 2019./.
