Hanoi attracts 5.1 million visitors in ten months

Hanoi, November 7 (VNA) – Hanoi lured over 5.1 million tourists in the first ten months of this year, an increase of 28.5% over the same period last year.

Of the total, over 3.5 million were foreigners, up 37% year-on-year, including 416,600 from the Republic of Korea, 407,000 from China, 221,400 from the US and 215,500 from Japan.

Meanwhile, the number of domestic holidaymakers during the period hit more than 1.5 million, up 13% over the same period last year.

In October alone, the capital city welcomed 586,000 tourists, up 18.1% month-on-month and 16.8% year-on-year. Of them, there were 405,000 foreigners, up 26.5% and 19.1% respectively. Meanwhile, domestic visitors totalled 181,000, up 2.8% and 12.1%.

Dang Huong Giang, Director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism, said that the city is taking measures to promote its tourism. Travel agencies and hotels are offering many attractive stimulus programmes to attract tourists, especially during the Christmas and New Year celebrations./.