Tourism

Hanoi welcomed and served an estimated 332,000 tourists during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, from January 21 to 26, in which foreign tourists numbered 32,000; according to the city Department of Tourism.

Italy’s Silver Spirit cruise ship docked at Tien Sa port on January 23, bringing 648 foreign visitors to Da Nang city, a tourist attraction in central Vietnam.

Budget carrier Vietjet’s Flight VJ5317, departing from China’s Chengdu international airport, landed at Cam Ranh international airport, the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on January 23 morning, the second day of the Lunar New Year festival.

The northern province of Quang Ninh held a ceremony on January 22, the first day of the Year of the Cat, to welcome the lunar new year's first group of foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay – a world natural heritage site recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

2022 marks an impressive recovery of tourism in Vietnam’s southern region, expecting to create a stronger and more synchronous development for both domestic and international tourist flows in the near future.

Binh Lieu district in Quang Ninh province, which is well known for its hills covered in ravishing white reeds, is emerging as a magnet to visitors, especially during autumn, the most beautiful season of the year.

Bamboo Airways’s flight numbered QH1413 took off from Noi Bai Airport and landed at Cam Ranh Airport on the morning of January 19, bringing with it 15 Chinese passengers to Khanh Hoa after a long period of hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

International visitors to Vietnam are gradually increasing, in which the Asian market accounts for 71%, Europe nearly 14%, and America 10%, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will add 108 flights with nearly 20,000 seats during the peak Tet period, from January 16 to 30, to meet the increasing demand of passengers during the Tet holiday.

The prestigious travel magazine Travel+Leisure (Asian edition) has listed the pearl island of Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang among the 23 best destinations for travel in 2023.

As many as 120,000 passengers, including about 84,000 domestic passengers, passed through Tan Son Nhat airport on January 14.

Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh has made its name into the list of 10 'most incredible caves in the world' compiled by Canadian magazine The Travel.

Vietnamese airlines are now permitted to resume regular flights to China like in the pre-COVID-19 period as China is about to remove restrictions on regular international flights to this country, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has said.

Described as a “completely safe to visit” destination, Ho Chi Minh City is ranked first among the top trending destinations in 2023, according to America’s famous travel site, Travel off Path, based on visitor search volume.

In the early days of 2023, the northern province of Ninh Binh welcomed 256,941 domestic and international visitors, up 55 times over the same period last year, and tourism revenue was estimated at 380 billion VND.

The central coastal city of Da Nang greeted about 194,120 visitors during Christmas and New Year 2023 holidays, in which 65,770 arrivals were foreigners, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Hanoi welcomed 208,000 tourists, earning 779 billion VND (32.9 million USD) during the three-day New Year holiday (December 31, 2022 - January 2, 2023), according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Vietnam is one of six destinations introduced by the Hindustan Times (India) to this country’s tourists in 2023.

Vietnam greeted more than 707,000 international visitors in December 2022, an increase of 18.5% compared to the previous month, bringing the total figure for the whole year of 2022 to more than 3.66 million, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The total number of tourists to Hanoi is estimated to reach 18.7 million in 2022, a 4.7-fold increase from the previous year, equivalent to 64.7% of the number of 2019, according to the City Department of Tourism.

The double-decker bus tour takes visitors through Ninh Binh city to famous local tourist attractions such as Tam Coc, Trang An, and Bai Dinh Pagoda, in about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

After offering free entrance to the Marble Mountains and museums in Da Nang to stimulate tourism, from January 1, 2023, the central coastal city will resume collecting entrance fees to the hot spots.

Nha Trang and Vung Tau beaches in Vietnam ranked 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the top 10 most famous beaches in the world according to the number of views on the TikTok social network.

The 2022 “Ho Chi Minh City - 100 interesting things” program, with the theme of vibrant experiences, is built to become a quality brand of the city’s tourism industry.

The successful hosting and organization of National Tourism Year 2022 helped the central coastal province of Quang Nam attract nearly 4.8 million tourists, an increase of 13 times compared to the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The number of Thai tourists is increasing as many popular destinations reopen without restrictions, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Director General Yuthasak Supasorn.

The People’s Committee of Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on December 23 opened the Winter Festival themed “Sa Pa – Snowy Paradise”.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has launched an e-ticket system and virtual tours at the UNESCO-recognised ancient imperial relic site of Hue.

A photo contest titled “Shining Vietnam-Amazing Vietnam” was launched by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on December 21 to promote Vietnamese tourism.

A video introducing tourism in Ho Chi Minh City is set to appear during the New Year's Eve celebrations held at the world-famous Times Square in New York City.