Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The central province of KhanhHoa will hold a ceremony on December 28 to wrap up National Tourism Year 2019which was themed “Nha Trang – Colour of the Sea”.

The event will be attended by leaders of the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism who will review and evaluate the efficiency of theprogramme as well as its influence on the country’s tourism sector.

Concluding the event, Khanh Hoa will hand over the hosting roleof National Tourism Year to the northern province of Ninh Binh, which will hostthe year in 2020.

In 2019, Khanh Hoa held major activities within theprogramme’s framework, including the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival 2019, theKhanh Hoa National Food Festival, and the Hong Kong-Nha Trang boat race.

The province will host the semi-final and the finale of MissUniverse Vietnam 2019 that is slated for November 21 to December 7 at theDiamond Bay tourism site.

According to the provincial Tourism Department, as ofOctober this year, the province had welcomed more than 6.1 million tourists, up13 percent year on year, including more than 3 million foreign arrivals, a riseof over 30 percent against the same period in 2018.

Total revenue from tourism activities in the provincereached over 35 trillion VND (1.5 billion USD)./.