Since the beginning of 2023, Hanoi’s tourism industry has achieved impressive growth. However, experts recommended the capital city to continue renewing its tourism products to attract more domestic and foreign visitors.
The Hanoi Tourism Gift Festival 2023 will be organised from October 6-8 in the capital city as part of a series of activities to mark the 69th anniversary of its Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2023).
The new visa policy, taking effect from August 15, is creating a boost to the attraction of international tourists, but it is just the initial step and more long-term measures are required to make a breakthrough in this regard, according to insiders.
HanoiKids, a voluntary English tour guide club, has provided free tour guide services for foreign tourists over the past 20 years in the hope of promoting Hanoi tourism to foreign friends.
Accommodation establishments in Hanoi have been preparing to welcome foreign tourists during the peak time that usually falls between September and March of the following year.
Tourist arrivals in Hanoi reached 12.33 million in the first six months of this year, up 42% from last year. Of the figures, international tourists accounted for 2.03 million, up seven times against the same period of last year.
The area around Ho Tay (West Lake) in Hanoi's Tay Ho district is home to a rich system of cultural heritages, ancient villages and traditional trade villages, along with various beautiful landscapes attached with famous legends, which all give it great potential in creative cultural space development serving locals and tourists.
Localities across Vietnam saw a boom in the number of tourists during the five-day holidays of Hung Kings Commemoration Day, Reunification Day and International Workers’ Day from April 29 to May 3.
With emotion and creativity, nearly 500 international artists, including architects, painters, and sketch enthusiasts of different ages from 18 countries, shared vivid images of the capital’s Old Quarter.
Hanoi recently hosted the Hanoi Tourism Festival 2023, with the theme “Connecting heritage for tourism development”, which left a good impressions on visitors and gave them the chance to experience the diverse culture, tourist attractions, and food of Vietnam’s capital and other localities
The Hanoi Tourism Festival 2023 will take place in the downtown from March 23-26 to introduce local attractive tourist destinations, products, and services to international visitors.
The Get on Hanoi 2023 programme themed “Hanoi – Den de yeu” (Hanoi – come to love) took place in pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake at the heart of Hanoi on March 11 evening, attracting crowds of visitors.
Hanoi will organise a tourism festival at the pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the capital city from March 24-26, under the theme of heritage connectivity for tourism development.
Hanoi’s Duong Lam ancient village, renowned for its unique houses built with wooden frames and fortified with laterites, still preserves typical features of old villages in the Red River Delta.
The green canopy in the Ba Vi National Park, which is just an hour and a half of driving away from Hanoi city centre, can make you feel like in another world. That makes Ba Vi a wonderful option for a short retreat from the busy city.
Hanoi is working to make a breakthrough in tourism development this year by creating new and distinctive products to attract more domestic and international visitors, according to the municipal Tourism Department.
Foreign tourists now can enjoy a 120-minute night tour at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, which promises enticing cultural, culinary and architectural experiences.
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