Mausoleum of Khai Dinh King from the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), a tourist attraction in Hue. (Photo: VNA) Thua Thie Hue (VNA) – Former imperial capital city of Hue received1.5 million foreign tourists last year, increasing by 42.5 percent in 2016.Foreign tourists comprised half of the total visitors to Hue, a UNESCO worldheritage site, famous for its imperial architecture and culture.The highest number of foreign tourists – 26 percent of the total – was from the Republic of Korea. Visitors from France, the United Kingdom, the United States,Germany and Thailand had the second to sixth highest percentages, respectively.Total revenue from tourism last year was 155 million USD.According to the local Tourism Department, the tourism sector made attempts todiversify its products by adding tour programmes to lagoons and rural areas andintroducing destinations outside the UNESCO heritage system.The sector expects to receive 42 million visitors this year, half of themforeign tourists.To achieve this target, the department called for private investment to developstandard restaurants that could accommodate up to 2,000 customers at the sametime. It also requested local authorities to introduce direct flights from Hueto countries with the highest proportion of tourists to the city, including Japan,the RoK and Thailand.It also suggested local authorities to improve the service quality and behaviourof both public agencies and civil facilities towards tourists.Hue is considered a top tourism hub in the country. But tourism in the city hasnot witnessed consistent development in the past few years, mainly due to thenarrow mindset towards tourism management by local authorities. It was… [Read full story]
Cambodia's tourism sector has set a target of serving 8 million foreign arrivals and earning more than 5 billion USD in revenue by 2020. To that end, the Tourism Ministry is carrying out a lot of policies to improve the industry services and develop more products, with the focus on traditional trade villages and eco-tourism. Training courses are being organised in order to raise the capacity of the sector's staff. The country is also upgrading its infrastructure and opening more direct flights to countries and regions where their holidaymakers to Cambodia are on the rise, including China and member countries…... [read more]
An Indonesian official said on Friday that the government is targeting to receive 8 million foreign tourists visiting the country throughout next year. "With that target, we expect to gain 8.98 billion U.S. dollars from their visits," Market Development Director at Indonesia's Tourism and Economy Creative ministry Sadar Pakarti Budi said. He said that the target was higher than the one set for this year initially set at 7.7 million foreign tourists, bringing in 8. 47 billion U.S. dollars into the country. He added that foreign tourists visit in Indonesia is expected to grow 7,35 percent next year, or higher…... [read more]
In the first six months of 2010, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) greeted nearly 1.5 million foreign tourists and is expected to fulfill the year’s target of 3 million foreign tourists, earning a turnover of more than VND40 trillion. This was announced in a ceremony to celebrate the anniversary of 50 years of establishing the Vietnam tourism sector and 35 years of shaping and developing HCMC tourism on July 8th. Travel agents in HCMC always make up 60-70% among top 10 travel agencies in Vietnam. Tourism now contributes nearly 5% to national GDP and ranks fifth in ASEAN with 3.9…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam welcomed11.6 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, up27 percent against the same period last year. In the period, the number of visitors fromAsia enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 32.6 percent, in which tourists from keymarkets saw growth, such as China (44.9 percent), the Republic of Korea (55.3percent), Japan (7.7 percent), and China’s Taiwan (20.9 percent).Meanwhile, the number of visitors fromEurope increased by 17 percent compared with that of the same period last year,with Russia reporting the highest rate at 34.8 percent.In November alone, Vietnam served 1.17million international visitors, up 14.4 percent…... [read more]
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam saw 11.6 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, up 27 per cent against the same period last year. Việt Nam served 1.17 million international visitors, up 14.4 per cent year-on-year. This was the eighth month Việt Nam had welcomed over one million foreign tourists a month. that the number of foreign tourists to Việt Nam may hit 12.8 million this year, or see a 28 per cent increase in comparison to that of last year. — VNS ... [read more]
