Hanoi serves 10.62 million tourists in seven months (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has welcomed an estimated 10.62 million visitors in the first sevenmonths of this year, an increase of 3.6 times overthe same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Total revenue from tourism activitiesin the period is likely to reach 31.9 trillion VND (1.36 billion USD), up 3.9times year-on-year, the department reported.
In July alone, the capital city served 1.94 million tourists, earning 6.15trillion VND (263.3 million USD).
Hanoi’s tourism sector set to welcome 9-10million visitors in 2022, including 1.2-2 million foreigners. Its total revenueis expected to reach 27.84 to 35.84 trillion VND.
Director of the municipal Department of Tourism DangHuong Giang said the city is focusing on developing tourism products of itsstrength such as cultural and sport tourism, and resort and MICE tourism, whilestrengthening connection in tourism development in potential areas.
It has also paid attentionto enhancing communication activities to promote the image of the capital city,its tourism destinations and new products to visitors worldwide throughprogrammes of the Vietnam Television (VTV), HanoiTV, the US CableNews Network (CNN), and socialnetwork platforms, she said./.
