Hanoi welcomed 270,000 domestic tourists and 70,083 foreign tourists during the nine-day lunar New Year holiday (February 15-23), up 8 percent from the same period last year.

The central provinces of Binh Thuan and Dak Lak saw a strong increase of tourists during the nine-day Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Tourism destinations in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and the Mekong Delta Hau Giang province received a large number of local and foreign visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, Vietnam’s most significant annual holiday.

Over 15,000 holiday-makers visited the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh during the first five days of the Year of the Goat (February 19-23), up over 10 percent against the same period last year.

Nearly 5,500 domestic and foreign holiday-makers made visits to Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo-Park in the northern province of Ha Giang during the nine-day lunar New Year (Tet) festival, generating over 5.5 billion VND (235,000 USD) for the tourism sector.

Hundreds of thousands of local and international tourists flocked to renowned tourism sites across the country during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which fell on February 19.

Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh market has long been viewed as a symbol of the country’s largest economic hub.

Provinces have given high estimation to travel companies’ contributions to local socio-economic development by making Xong Day “first-footing” visits to some of them on February 19, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Over 75,000 tourists, including 40,000 foreigners, have booked tours to the central province of Thua Thien- Hue during the traditional Vietnamese New Year holiday, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tourists to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang now can enjoy the scenery of Mount Cam more easily as a cable car service launched on February 14 will carry them to the peak in just eight minutes.

The famous website Thrillist has listed Ho Coc Beach in Vietnam’s southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau among the 12 most unbelievably cheap paradises on earth.

The central city of Da Nang will host 3,200 tourists from cruises during Tet, the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.

For the first time, Vietnamese tourism agencies are displaying their products at an international tourism fair in Tehran, Iran, which commenced on February 12.

Local and foreign visitors have a variety of domestic tour options during the upcoming lunar New Year holiday (Tet), which will last from February 15 to 23 this year, as travel companies increase their promotion programmes for reasonably-priced tours to attractive destinations.