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Localities report growth in tourist number during Tet holiday

Localities across Vietnam saw increases in the number of both domestic and foreign tourists during the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 8-14 (the 29th day of the last lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month).
Localities report growth in tourist number during Tet holiday ảnh 1An Hoi Park in Ben Tre province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Localities across Vietnam saw increases in thenumber of both domestic and foreign tourists during the week-long Lunar NewYear (Tet) holiday from February 8-14 (the 29th day of the lastlunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month).

Specifically, the central province of QuangNam welcomed over 305 arrivals, up 35% year-on-year. Of the total,97,000 are foreigners, up 42%. The room occupation is estimated at 60-65%.

The rises were attributed to the province’sefforts to organise a wide range of activities to welcome the new year.

In the period, the Mekong Delta province ofBen Tre served more than 90,600 tourists, including 10,000 foreigners, up 39%and 20% year-on-year, respectively.

The province's revenue from tourism is estimated to exceed95 billion VND (3.8 million USD), up 23%, and the room occupation at 50-70%.

Meanwhile, over 335,000 people chose thesouthern province of Kien Giang as their holiday destination. The figurerepresented a year-on-year rise of 21.1%.

Its revenue from tourism totaled at 1.12trillion VND, a 7.2-fold increase compared to that of the same period lastyear.

The locality is striving to welcome 9.2million visitors, and earn 20 trillion VND from tourism activities this year./.
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