Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The flow of foreign touriststo the central province of Thua Thien-Hue increased 31.29 percent to 1.07million in the first nine months of 2017.
The Republic of Korea ranked first in terms of numberof holidaymakers visiting Thua Thien-Hue, making up 26 percent of the totalnumber.
In the reviewed period, the province served a total of2.78 million visitors. The Hue Relics Preservation Centre alone welcomed 2.4million visitors, up 18.55 percent from the same period last year.
In September 2017, the provincial Department ofTourism and Traveloka Vietnam Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding ontourism development, which aims to connect accommodation establishments,airlines and potential customers.
The locality also signed a cooperation agreementwith the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to promote Hue at domestic andforeign tourism trade fairs as well as increase flights and launch new routesto the imperial city.
In 2017, Thua Thien-Hue province expects toattract over 3 million tourists, of which international visitors will make up40-45 percent, and raking in more than 3 trillion VND (131 million USD).
Hue, which was the imperial capital of Vietnamfor over 100 years, is home to five heritages recognised by UNESCO, whichare Hue ancient citadel relic complex - a World Cultural Heritage site; NhaNhac (Hue royal court music) - an intangible cultural heritage item; NguyenDynasty’s wood blocks - a documentary heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban(royal administrative documents) - part of the Asia-Pacific Register ofUNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literature on Hue royalarchitecture - a documentary heritage.
The Hue imperial citadel relic has been rankedsecond among top seven tourism attractions of Vietnam in 2017.-VNA
Tourism companies in the country’s northern, central and southern regions have reached a deal on cooperation to promote business at the on-going second Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) in Hanoi.
Popularising tourism will be given top priority to branch out and improve tourism products in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, in the hope of luring more tourists to the locality.
Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh has instructed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) to coordinate with other ministries, agencies and localities to effectively implement policies and directives from the Party, Government, and Prime Minister on tourism development.
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By source market, China continued to lead with 3.1 million visitors, equivalent to 25.5% of all foreign arrivals. The Republic of Korea followed with 2.5 million, or 20.7%. Other major markets included Taiwan (China) with 737,000, the US with 522,000, and Japan with 380,000.
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Hue imperial city by night (Photo: VNA)
