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Thua Thien-Hue welcomes 100,000 tourists during Tet

More than 70,000 tourists, including 31,500 foreigners, visited relic sites in the Hue Imperial City during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which lasted from January 26 to February 1.
Thua Thien-Hue welcomes 100,000 tourists during Tet ảnh 1International visitors at the Hue Imperial Citadel. (Source: VNA)

Thua Thien Hue (VNA) – More than 70,000 tourists,including 31,500 foreigners, visited relic sites in the Hue Imperial City duringthe Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which lasted from January 26 to February 1.

Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the HueMonuments Conservation Centre, the figure brought the total number of visitorsto central Thua Thien-Hue province during the holidays to nearly 100,000, including 56,902 international tourists.

The provincial tourism sector earned over 80.8 billionVND (3.7 million USD) in revenue.

The occupancy rate of four and five-star hotelsreached 70 percent, up 5 percent over the same period last year.

Travel firms in Thua Thien Hue diversified their tourswhile the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre made the Hue Imperial Citadel more appealingto tourists by opening the Inner City at night.

The provincial Department of Tourism coordinated withrelevant sectors to ensure the quality of tourism and transport services,helping tourists have a good time during their stays in the province.

In 2017, Thua Thien-Hue province set goals of attractingbetween 3.3-3.5 million tourists, of them international visitors make up from40-45 percent, and raking in revenue of 3.2-3.3 trillion VND (148 millionUSD).-VNA

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