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Tourism surges in Tet in Mekong Delta

Tourist arrivals to the Mekong Delta was on a surge during the first days of the Tiger Year, signalling a good start for the region’s tourism industry heavily hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tourism surges in Tet in Mekong Delta ảnh 1Cai Rang Floating Market in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Tourist arrivals to the MekongDelta was on a surge during the first days of the Tiger Year, signalling a goodstart for the region’s tourism industry heavily hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can Tho City saw more than 196,000 arrivals duringthe week-long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday earlier this month, with the busiestdestinations including Cai Rang Floating Market and My Khanh eco-tourism site.The city earned over 44 billion VND (1.92 million USD) from them.

On the first four days of the Year of Tiger, An Giangwelcomed 50,000 – 100,000 visitors per day to its popular destinations, such asnational tourist sites Sam Mountain and Cam Mountain, Tra Su Cajuput Forest, andPresident Ton Duc Thang Memorial Site.

Tourism surges in Tet in Mekong Delta ảnh 2Ba Chua Xu (Holy Mother of the Realm) Temple inside Sam Mountain national tourist site in An Giang. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
Ba Chua Xu (Holy Mother of the Realm) Temple inside SamMountain national tourist site received some 740,000 visitors between January30 – February 6, up 85 percent from the same period last year. More than 42,000people visited Cam Mountain tourist site which features the biggest sitting MaitreyaBuddha Statue in Asia, up 50 percent year on year.

Kien Giang welcomed about 98,000 holidaymakers, including 5,582foreigners, during the holiday, generating some 150 billion VND in revenue. Itspopular Phu Quoc resort island alone received 79,000 vacationers. The provinceaims to attract 5.6 million tourists, including 200,000 foreigners, and earn about 7.75 trillion VND in revenue this year.

The regional cities and provinces are taking variousmeasures to flexibly and effectively adapt themselves and their tourism sectorto the “new normal” situation./.
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