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.

The capital city of Hanoi is envisaged to become the nation’s tourism growth pole in the north under the tourism system planning for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045 recently announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam’s tourism has experienced strong developments over the past years, affirming its new position on the global tourism map with high-class products and top-rated attractions.

Hanoi is stepping up domestic travel stimulation and advertising local destinations in the current off-season period in an effort to reach this year’s target of about 26.5 million tourists, including 5 million international visitors.

The capital of Hanoi enjoyed an incredible surge in the number of tourists in 2023, with 24 million visitors coming to the city.

The central province of Quang Binh, dubbed the “kingdom of caves”, welcomed over 3.6 million tourist arrivals in the first nine months of 2023, soaring 2.32-fold year on year, reported the provincial Department of Tourism.

The number of tourists to the capital city of Hanoi hit 18.9 million in the first nine months of 2023, up 36.5% year-on-year, reported the municipal Department of Tourism.

The tourism sector served 12.5 million domestic visitors in May, pushing the total number of the group to over 50.5 million in the first five months.

The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 742,000 visitors, including 195,000 foreign ones, in the first two months of this year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

Domestic tourism is strongly bouncing back, recording more than 100 million visitors so far this year, higher than all forecasts and up 1.5 times compared to the yearly target of 60 million.

Hanoi has welcomed nearly 983,000 international tourist arrivals in the first 10 months, almost reaching the target of 1 - 1.2 million for the whole of this year, the municipal Tourism Department said on October 26.

The capital city of Hanoi will quickly restore its tourism activities when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control at home and abroad, said the municipal Tourism Department during its conference on January 14 to launch 2022 tasks.

A conference was held in Cua Lo beach town, the central province of Nghe An, on December 25 to look into the tourism industry under the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact and discuss ways to promote this sector’s recovery and development in the time ahead.

After a bad year for business in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down travel around the world, Vietnam's tourism revenue fell even further this year. Plans were discussed by experts at a forum to access the current state of the hospitality market and map out a way towards a post-COVID-19 recovery.

The central city of Da Nang plans to reboot local tourism from October 20, as the COVID-19 pandemic has been under control.

As one of the major tourist destinations of the country, Hanoi has suffered adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The capital city is seeking ways to overcome difficulties to reach the “dual target”.

The fourth COVID-19 resurgence, which started from April 27, has forced Vietnamese businesses to rethink their approaches in order to stimulate demand for domestic travel, towards reviving the “non-smoke” industry.

The Ho Chi Minh City tourism sector this year plans to focus on digitalisation of the industry and promotion of domestic tourism amid a downturn in tourism because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has decided to concentrate resources on promoting the domestic tourism market this year and will prepare to welcome international arrivals when conditions allow.

The Department of Tourism of the south-central province of Binh Dinh on May 22 held a tourism promotion programme, aiming to attract more domestic visitors after social distancing measures were eased.