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Apr 04, 2016 / 11:35

Foreign arrivals to Hanoi surge

The number of foreign arrivals to Hanoi in March hit 256,000, bringing the total number of foreign tourists to the city in the first quarter to 761,000, up 17.1% and 28.7% respectively over the same periods last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office (HSO).

 

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Among them, 620,000 went on holiday, up 30.7% while 111,000 came to Hanoi for business, up 6.7%.
 

Countries which saw a high number of visitors to Vietnam included China (85.5%), the Republic of Korea (47.9%) and Thailand (63.9%).

The HSO also reported that the number of foreign tourists to Hanoi by air was 635,000 (up 24.5%), and by sea and land was 125,000 (up 55.6%).

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