The province welcome 2.79 million arrivals during January-July. (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hueearned 2.66 trillion VND (114.38 million USD) from tourism in the first sevenmonths of the year, a year-on-year surge of over 32 percent.
During the period, the province welcomed 2.79 million arrivals, including morethan 1.15 million foreigners, up 9.35 percent and 41.02 percent respectively.
Accounting for one third of the foreign holiday-makers to Thua Thien-Hue, theRepublic of Korea topped the list of the province’s tourist sources. Meanwhile,stable growth was seen in French, British and German markets.
According to Le Huu Minh, Vice Director of the provincial Department ofTourism, Chan May port welcomed 96,300 foreign visitors, most of whom were fromChina, Spain, Britain, the US, and Canada.
From the outset of the year, the province has organised a string of activitieslike cultural festivals, art performances, and cuisine festivals to lure moretourists to the locality.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre said that the “Hue-One Destination, FiveWorld Heritages” tour continues showing efficiency. The Complex of HueMonuments, royal court music, woodblocks, the imperial archives of the NguyenDynasty, and poetry on Hue royal architectures have drawn great attention fromvisitors.
Particularly, the art programme “Royal Inspiration” has been held at the Hueimperial city by night since July 1. It has been carried out on the main axisNgo Mon-Thai Hoa-Duyet Thi Duong. After the change of guards (le doi gac) atNgo Mon Gate, tourists have chance to explore the splendid light arranged fromNgo Mon to Thai Hoa Palace, then move to Duyet Thi Duong theatre to enjoy theart performance.
Various beach tourism spots also attract a large crowd of visitors, includingLang Co, one of the world’s most beautiful bays, which is heavily invested interms of urban infrastructure, and tourism services, with six tourismcomplexes, and 50 hotels and hostels. The number of tourists to Lang Co baysurges 25 percent annually on average after it was named in the list of theMost Beautiful Bays in the World Club.
Other tourist attractions in the province are Bach Ma National Park, Thanh ToanBridge, garden houses of Hue, and Tam Giang lagoon.-VNA
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