Of this, foreign arrivals were 271,365, increasing by2.1 percent; domestic 379,397 and 2 percent, and over-night 397,603.
Those tourists spent more than 621 billion VND (29 millionUSD), up 5 percent over the same period last year.
The province plans to receive from 2.8 to 3 million arrivals thisyear, of which foreign tourists will be from 1.2 to 1.3 million,domestic 1.7 to 1.8 million, and over-night 2 million. It also hopes toget a revenue of 2.8 – 2.9 trillion VND, up 16 to 18 percent over thesame period last year.
The central province is a major centrefor tourism and festivals. It also houses Hue , the capital of the lastfeudal dynasty in Vietnam , the Nguyen./.