330,000 visitors bring Hanoi $42.6mn on Tet
330,000 visitors bring Hanoi $42.6mn on Tet
Hanoi earned more than VND1 trillion (US$42.6 million) from 330,000 visitors in five days of the seven-day 2023 Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to the city’s tourism department.
The number of visitors, calculated from January 21 to Thursday, is three-fold that of the same period last year.
That included 32,000 international visitors, most of whom came from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Canada, and 300,000 domestic tourists.
The Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - Imperial Academy) in Dong Da District welcomed 80,000 people, while the same number of visitors came to the Huong Pagoda in My Duc District.
The UNESCO-recognized Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Ba Dinh District received 19,680 visitors.
About 18,000 people visited the Co Loa relic site in Dong Anh District.
Duong Lam Village and the Son Tay ancient fortress citadel in Son Tay Town drew some 15,000 visitors, Hanoi Zoo in Ba Dinh District received 17,235 people.
The Hoa Lo Prison relic site in Hoan Kiem District, Hong Van ornamental creature village in Thuong Tin District, Bat Trang pottery village in Gia Lam District, and many temples in the capital city also recorded a sharp increase in visitors.
The city’s total tourism revenue during the five-day period is estimated at VND1 trillion.
The occupancy rate of hotel rooms reaches 40 percent during the same period, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism, which expects the city to remain a favorite destination for tourists in the coming days, when many attractive festivals begin at famous spiritual tourist attractions.
The 2023 Tet break lasted seven days from January 20 to 26 in Vietnam.
