The number of tourists to Hanoi in July is estimated to reach 2.52 million, an increase 7.4% over the same period last year, the municipal Department of Tourism reported on July 29.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism has collaborated with the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in rolling out a programme, aiming to entice tourists to use night flights and accommodation establishments in the southern metropolis.

Accommodation establishments in Hanoi have been preparing to welcome foreign tourists during the peak time that usually falls between September and March of the following year.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has required the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to coordinate with the ministry’s inspectorate and tourism management units to inspect accommodation facilities in key tourism areas across the country.

Vietnam welcomed more than 300,000 foreign visitors and served 7 million domestic tourists during the five-day holidays of Hung Kings Commemoration Day, Reunification Day and International Workers’ Day from April 29 to May 3, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Hanoi ranks among the most-searched-for destinations by international tourists, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Ho Chi Minh City has made thorough preparations to welcome international tourists once more after a two-year closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Only 3.7 million foreign tourists visited Vietnam in the first four months of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a year-on-year decline of 37.8 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The northern midland province of Vinh Phuc welcomed over 15.5 million tourists between 2017 and 2019, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The northern province of Hai Duong welcomed more than 3.2 million visitors in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 13.2 percent, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

By the end of July 2019, Hanoi had 3,499 accommodation establishments with 60, 812 rooms, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Over the past two years, the south central province of Binh Thuan has made use of its strengths to become a bright spot on Vietnam’s tourism map.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has so far this year received some 7 million visitors, up 7.69 percent year on year and accounting for 76.09 percent of the yearly plan.

The capital city of Hanoi is working to build a greater number of accommodation establishments and call for more luxury projects to meet the increasing demands of tourists.

The number of visitors to Hanoi in the first three months of this year is estimated at more than 7.47 million visitors, a rise of 10.6 percent year-on-year, announced the municipal Department of Tourism.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong welcomed more than 1.6 million visitors in the first quarter of 2018, up 10.3 percent year-on-year and fulfilling 25 percent of the province’s yearly plan.

The flow of foreign tourists to the central province of Thua Thien-Hue increased 31.29 percent to 1.07 million in the first nine months of 2017.