The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue announced the 2016 Golden Tourism Week promotional programmes on December 26.
The HMCC announced the 2016 Golden Tourism Week promotional programmes on December 26 (Photo:VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The 💮Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue announced the 2016 Golden Tourism Week promotional programmes on December 26.
The centre’s Director Phan Thanh Hai said the first promotional tourism week will take place from April 23-29 next year in response to the Festival Hue 2016 scheduled for April 29-May 4.
The second week will be organised from September 2 to 8 to celebrate the National Day (September 2) while the third week will take place from December 24 to 30 to welcome the 2017 New Year.
In the promotional programmes, the centre will organise a number of activities and events with fantastic discounts, said the director.
In 2015, four promotional weeks was held in Hue, contributing to a sharp increase of tourists to the ancient imperial city.
On t he same day, the centre awarded the 2,000,100th and 2,000,200th tourists visiting the relic site in 2015. The lucky tourists received gift packages worth 25 million VND (nearly 1,000 USD) and 35 million VND (over 1,500 USD), respectively.
By December 25, the Hue relic site welcomed over 2 million tourists, including nearly 1.05 million foreigners, up 13 percent from a year ago.
Revenue from the entrance tickets reached about 205 billion VND (nearly 9 million USD), up 65 billion VND (2.8 million USD) from 2014.-VNA
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has launched a special tourism promotion programme “Gold Tourism Month” from September 2-30 on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).
As many as 82,626 tourists visited the imperial City of Hue, in the central province Thua Thien-Hue, during the “Gold Tourism Month” that ran from September 2-30, according to the Hue Relic Conservation Centre.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre will offer a variety of promotions to visitors during the Golden Tourism Week, which is running from December 24-30, said its Director Phan Thanh Hai.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed more than 2.65 million tourists, including more than 935,000 foreigners, in the Jan-Nov period this year, up 9.13 percent compared with the same period last year.
A “Golden Tourism Week” will take place in the Hue ancient imperial relic site, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage, in the central Thua Thien-Hue province from June 15-21.
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The HMCC announced the 2016 Golden Tourism Week promotional programmes on December 26 (Photo:VNA)
