The capital city of Ha Noi is striving to welcome 5.5 million foreigners among over 25.4 million tourists in 2018, confirming itself as an attractive destination in the region and the world. The year 2017 was considered a success for the city’s tourism sector with 5 million foreign vacationers arriving in Ha Noi, up 23 percent against the previous year, surpassing the set target of 15 percent. The biggest tourism markets included China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, France, the US and Germany. The outcomes are significant as the city is taking new measures to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector by promoting its brand and competitiveness. Apart from traditional tourism products, the capital is carrying out a series of tourism projects such as building a cultural, tourism and amusement park, and a national exhibition centre in Dong Anh district, a sport park in Quoc Oai district, and preserving and promoting values of Bat Trang ceramic village and Van Phuc silk weaving village. Ha Noi has invested in building 20 four- and five-star hotels to meet the increasing demand for accommodation. The city spent 2 million USD promoting its image in the American Cable News Network (CNN). It also developed a system of shopping and food services for customers and updated the list of shopping, trade centres and supermarkets on in the internet. With these efforts, Ha Noi expects to serve more than 25.4 million holidaymakers, including 5.5 million foreigners, and gross some 75.78 trillion VND (3.33 billion… [Read full story]
{mosimage}Ha Noi has set a target of hosting 5.7 million tourists in 2006, including 1.2 million foreign visitors. The figures were released by the municipal tourist sector on Dec. 28 during a meeting to review its operation in the 2001-2005 period and put forward a development plan for the next five years. To achieve the target, the sector will focus on strengthening State management over tourism, improving the quality of tourist services, developing more tourism products, and calling for investment in building hotels and tourist sites. In the 2001-2005 period, in the context of ever-changing situations in the world, with…... [read more]
Vietnam topped the list with 400,000 tourists, up15 ,5 percent compared to the same period last year, followed by Chinaand RoK with 289,000 and 210,000 arrivals respectively. Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said the ministry hasimplemented several tourism promotion programmes abroad and hosted theworld cultural tourism conference, helping to bring the country’s imageto the world.Tourism is one of Cambodia’s key economic sectors,which posts a stable growth of 15-20 percent and accounts for a majorpart in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).In 2014 thecountry received 4.5 million foreign arrivals, an increase of sevenpercent compared to the previous year, and earned…... [read more]
Angkor Wat temple (Source: VNA)Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia hopes to welcome 7.5-8 million foreign visitors by 2020, the Cambodia Daily quoted Secretary of State for Tourism Pak Sokhom as saying on May 4.Speaking at a meeting with domestic and ASEAN tourism experts in Siem Reap on May 3, Pak said the tourism sector contributes 16 percent of the country’s gross domestic product per year.Last year, Cambodia greeted over 4.8 million tourists from across the world, with 74 percent from Asia-Pacific, 18.3 percent from Europe, and 7.2 percent from America.In the first two months of this year, the country served…... [read more]
Illustration photo According to the Tourism Departnment, of 2.78 million foreign visitors, 1.99 million stayed in the city, up 17% against the same period last year.Room occupancy rate accounted for 58.14%, of which the rate of five-star hotels was 78.52%; four-star hotels with 60.19%; and three-star hotels with 46.37%. In the rest of the year, the Department will submit a project on manpower training in favor of traditional village preservation at Bat Trang ceramic village, Van Phuc silk village.Meanwhile, the Department will apply IT in State management on tourism; advertize tourism activities; work with the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to deploy…... [read more]
Ha Noi’s Department of Tourism estimated that by the end of 2017, the capital city will have welcomed more than 23.8 million visitors for earnings of roughly 71 trillion VND (3.1 billion USD), an increase of 15 percent from the same period last year. The number includes nearly 5 million foreign tourists from key markets such as China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, France, the US, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and Canada. The city hopes to earn about 72.5 trillion VND (3.2 billion USD) from nearly 25.5 million visitors in 2018, growth of 8 percent from this year, including 4.58…... [read more]
