About nine million Vietnamese travel during Tet holiday, revenues down

Tourists visitng the Trang An Landscape Complex, the northern province of Ninh Binh during 2023 Tet holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Đuc Phuong

The tourism sector served about nine million domestic tourists in the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, up about 47.5 percent over the previous Tet, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

During the holiday from January 20-26, total revenue from tourism activities was estimated at VND17.5 trillion (US$745.79 million), down 30 percent year on year, reported the VNAT.

The administration said that the number of foreign tourists in the Tet holiday surged from the New Year holiday, attributing the rise to China's reopening from January 8.

The capital city of Hanoi welcomed 32,000 foreign visitors during Tet holiday, mostly from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Singapore, Canada and France.

Meanwhile, each day, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa received 15 flights with 188-220 Chinese visitors each, along with about 1,400 tourists from Kazakhstan and the RoK. In total, the south-central tourist destination served about 11,300 foreigners during the holiday.

The northern province of Ninh Binh, known for the Trang An Complex, also welcomed 29,500 foreign visitors, while the southern coastal province of Ba Raa-Vung Tau received about 10,688.

To meet the high demand of tourists in the holiday, travel firms have offered diverse products and services as well as promotion programmes to their customers.