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Feb 11, 2015 / 11:12

Lao Cai leads other northern mountainous provinces in tourism growth

The local tourism sector served 1,470,000 tourists in 2014, a year-on-year rise of 16.6 percent, including 545,239 international visitors, and reaching over 3.2 trillion VND (152 million USD) in revenue, up 28.5 percent yearly.

In the four-day New Year holiday of 2015, the province received nearly 70,000 visitors, including 41,120 descending in the resort town of Sa Pa. 
Remarkable growth in the number of visitors and tourism revenue in 2014 and the outset of 2015 made Lao Cai lead other northern mountainous provinces in the field, said Tran Huu Son, Director of the Lao Cai provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

 
This year, local authorities will continue to organize a lot of activities to promote their tourism image, potential and strengths, such as a mountain market in Hanoi, Thuong (upper) temple festival and spiritual tourism events in Lao Cai city, a culture-tourism week in Sa Pa town, a horse riding tournament in Bac Ha district, and an international marathon tournament.