The Hanoitmes - The capital has welcomed 5.7 million tourists during the first five months of 2011, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Hanoitmes - The capital has welcomed 5.7 million tourists during the first five months of 2011, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Of this, 552,098 were made up of foreign tourists, a year-on-year increase of 20 percent. Visitors from
Thanks to significantly increased visitor numbers, hotel capacity reached 60.62 percent, a year-on-year increase of 3.56 percent.
The city has also set a target of welcoming 16 million visitors, including 2 million foreign tourists, by 2015.
Bui Dinh Binh, deputy director of Saigontourist Hanoi, said that in order to help the capital welcome 2 million foreign visitors by 2015, the city should focus on several key markets including Eastern Europe, its high income citizens having always had a strong traditional relationship with Hanoi.
The deputy director of Vietnam Tourism Investment in
The director of the Hanoi Daissy Tourism Company, Tran Thu Ha, said that her company is currently aiming at luring foreign visitors from the
"Tourism companies should co-operate better in order to serve customers more efficiently," she added.
Truong Minh Tien, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, conceded that, due to the lack of a tourism plan, tourism has faced many difficulties in attracting investment.
In order to welcome 1.75 million visitors this year and 2 million by 2015, Tien emphasised the importance of a National Programme of Action and a tourism promotion campaign, set to run from 2011-15 coupled with two annual events including an international tourism fair and a Hanoi cuisine festival.
He added that several tourism programmes, including developing ancient and handicraft villages as well as community tourism, are key factors in fulfilling targets.
During a recent meeting between the Hanoi People's Committee and the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, vice chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Committee, said that a master tourism plan will play a critical role in helping the capital's tourism become a key economic industry.
She confirmed that such a master plan should be compiled based on the city's cultural and historical potential and strengths, adding that the tourism sector also develop a network for ecological tourism andtransport.
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