Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi welcomed554,000 tourists in October, a slump of 71.4 percent against the same periodlast year.
However, the figure saw a month-on-monthincrease of 30 percent.
Hanoi earned 1.21 trillion VND (52.22 million USD) fromtourism in the reviewed month, falling nearly 83 percent year-on-year but up 25percent compared to the previous month.
As the resurgence of COVID-19 in Vietnamhas been basically brought under control, the tourism sector in the capitalcity has been swiftly making plans to draw back visitors and gradually returnto previous growth levels.
Hanoi is scheduled to host the VietnamInternational Travel Mart (VITM) in November, giving opportunities to promoteits key tourist attractions and craft villages.
The capital attracted just 6.29 millionvisitors in the first eight months of this year, tumbling 67.3 percentyear-on-year, with international arrivals down 75.6 percent to just 1.02million. Such figures have resulted in a large number of local travel companiessuspending operations while many hotels have shut their doors./.