Thua Thien-Hue attracts over 2 million visitors in five months
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 2.11 million visitors in the first five months of 2019, including more than 1 million foreigners, up 14.46 percent year-on-year.
A view of Hue ancient citadel by night (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of ThuaThien-Hue welcomed 2.11 million visitors in the first five months of 2019,including more than 1 million foreigners, up 14.46 percent year-on-year.
The Republic of Korea was the largest market of theprovincial tourism sector in the period, accounting for 27-29 percent of thetotal visitors to the province, followed by France, Thailand, the UK, andGermany.
Total earnings of the sector in five months reached over1.93 trillion VND (82.99 million USD).
According to the provincial Department of Tourism, the risein the number of tourists to the locality in the period was due to a number ofspecial cultural and tourism events, including a Hue Traditional Craft Village Festival;a Lang Co Bay festival; and a cultural, sports, and tourism festival of ethnicminority groups along the Vietnam-Laos border, in the central and CentralHighlands regions in 2019.
The Hue Traditional Craft Village Festival alone welcomed400,000 visitors, two to three times higher than the figure in the previousyear, filling 97 percent of accommodation sites in the locality.
The People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue has signedstrategic cooperation agreements with Vietravel and FLC Group to implement manytourism projects in the locality.
Vietravel has promoted tours to Hue, while funding theartistic lighting system in Ky Dai (flag tower) area and Huong River banks, andconsidering the construction of a culinary culture museum in Hue, as well as a high-endhotel in the province.
Meanwhile, the real estate developer FLC group has focusedon high-tech agriculture, developing high-end resorts along beaches, and smarturban areas. The firm plans to open new air routes for its carrier BambooAirways to Thua Thien-Hue, while supporting a number of tourism developmentactivities in the province.
From now to the end of 2019, Thua Thien-Hue will conduct anumber of activities in the “Hue-Cuisine Capital” project, while implementingtasks in the smart eco-tourism project.
The locality will strengthen its connections with otherprovinces and cities across the countries as well as potential markets.Alongside, it will attract more investment in major tourism projects, turningtourism into a spearhead economic sector.
In 2019, the central province aims to attract about 4.7million visitors, up 8 percent year-on-year, with earnings of about 4.9trillion VND (210.7 million USD).–VNA
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A view of Hue ancient citadel by night (Photo: VNA) 
