The office reported that the capital city earned25.48 trillion VND (1.02 billion USD) from tourism activities, up 17.8% from the corresponding time lastyear, attributing the increase to the ongoing peak season in Hanoi.
To attract more visitors, the sector is developing products associated with heritages, relic sites, and craft villages, and others based on strengths of each locality like sports tourismin the outskirts district of Soc Son, and community and medical tourism in SocSon and Ba Vi districts.
The city has also set up connectivity with othercities and provinces such as Ha Nam, Ninh Binh, Son La, Lao Cai, and Lai Chau toform travel routes where their key, reciprocal products are brought into fullplay.
At the same time, the department has coordinatedwith districts and township to boost tourism at pedestrian streets like those inHoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, and Son Tay, while opening new ones.
Attention has also been paid to tourismdigitalisation, covering information about tourist sites, services, and market./.