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Accordingly, the central province of Quang Binh received over 3.3 million visitors in 2017, up 70.9% over the same period last year, as reported by the provincial Department of Tourism.

On the morning of January 1, Lebreton Didier, a passenger on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN18 which landed at Noi Bai International Airport, became the first foreign visitor setting foot in Hanoi in 2018.

With live music performance, light dances and snow scene, these places in Hanoi will become the most crowded places for New Year welcoming.

Quang Ninh Province should actively call on investment in the tourism development associated with real estate as it is one of the few provinces in Vietnam with high tourism budget revenues, experts have said.

The tourism sector will take drastic and synchronous measures in 2018 to reach the target of receiving 15-17 million international tourists, the Government said at a recent online meeting with cities and provinces nationwide.

Hanoi`s tourism sector witnessed a bountiful year with the number of foreign travelers reaching a whopping five million, prompting the capital to set an even more ambitious target for the year ahead.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang needs to pay due heeds to develop the tourism and service industries, considering this a growth spearhead, whilst boosting the border economy.

Tourism industry must diversity products and entertainment services to attract foreign visitors coming back to Vietnam, experts have said.

The People’s Committee of Ha Giang province has recently issued an action plan aimed to attract 800,000 tourists, including 130,000 foreigners, to the area by 2020.

Vietnam has begun exploiting the huge potentials of festival tourism with the successful organisation of some festivals in recent years.

Near 100 events will be held throughout 2018 in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh as part of the National Tourism Year.

The latest figures from the General Statistics Office show that an estimated 12.9 million foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam during 2017, up 29.1 percent against 2016.

On December 27, a ceremony took place in Noi Bai international airport to welcome the 94 millionth passenger aboard the 800,000th flight operated by the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) this year.

Vietnam’s two world heritage sites of Hue and Hoi An have been listed among 12 must-visit Asian cities by travel site Culture Trip.

About 13 million foreigners chose Vietnam as their holiday destination in 2017, which is considered a record of the tourism sector and marked a year-on-year rise of nearly 3 million in the number of foreign visitors for the first time.

The central city of Da Nang will hold diverse tourism activities to attract visitors for the New Year 2018 holiday.

Prime Minister has approved a master plan for the development of the Tan Trao national tourist site in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang until 2030.

Da Nang Department of Tourism said on the occasion of Christmas 2017 and New Year 2018, the city will receive four international cruise ships at Tien Sa port carrying about 6,000 passengers.

The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is holding a programme themed “Welcome the 2018 New Year” from December 24 to January 2.

Tourism companies in Hanoi and South Korea have enhanced cooperation to diversify tourist products for the latter’s visitors.