Over 3,600 foreign visitors arrive in Khanh Hoa in first two days of 2023
The south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa welcomed more than 3,600 foreign visitors in the first two days of this year as 21 flights landed at its Cam Ranh International Airport, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.
Foreign visitors to the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa. (Photo: gggp.org.vn)
KhanhHoa (VNA)♓ – The south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa welcomed morethan 3,600 foreign visitors in the first two days of this year as 21 flightslanded at its Cam Ranh International Airport, according to the provincialDepartment of Tourism.
Theforeigners came from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Kazakhstan, Thailand, andMalaysia.
Director of the department Nguyen Thi Le Thanh said that the RoK is the province’skey market.
꧟ In addition to Koreans, the province also started to welcome tourists from Kazakhstan and Russia, she said, adding that Chinese visitors are expected to return to the province from March following China's lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
Accordingto Vietnam Airlines, in 2023, the national flag carrier will keep seven flightsbetween the province and the RoK every week. The number of flights will beincreased following travel demand while regular flights between the RoK’s Busan city and Cam Ranh will be resumed soon. Arepresentative from the RoK’s Korean Air said that from this year, it will resumefour regular flights to Cam Ranh airport weekly. LeThi Hong Minh, director general of Cam Ranh International Airport Joint Stock Company said that on December 25, 2022, Vietjet opened a route from Kazakhstan to the airport. It also plans to resume flights from China to Khanh Hoa from March 26./.
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