To keep Hanoi as a leading attractive and unique tourist destination

The locomotive driving development

In the period of 2021-2024, the capital's tourism industry has proactively and creatively implemented important directions and orientations of the Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee, including Program No. 02-CTr/TU. After more than 4 years of implementation, all tourism development indicators of the capital have maintained a good growth rate.

Notably, the number of tourists to Hanoi has increased from 4 million in 2021 to 27.86 million in 2024. The number of international visitors has also grown strongly from 1.68 million in 2022 to 6.35 million in 2024, leading the provinces and cities, equivalent to 36.3% of the country.

Hanoi is Asia's top city travel destination.

In the international market, Hanoi continues to affirm its position, image and brand as one of the most attractive and unique tourist destinations in the region and the world. In 2024 alone, Hanoi was honored to receive many major awards, notably the award "Asia's Leading City Tourist Destination".

For the domestic market, Hanoi continues to affirm itself as one of the two largest tourist distribution centers in the country, a leader in promoting tourism development in the Red River Delta, the North as well as the whole country.

Hanoi tourism industry has been proactive and creative in developing unique, attractive and branded tourism products. Promoting the development of night tourism combined with exploiting the unique and special cultural elements of the capital, considering this a new, key and central tourism product in the capital's tourism development program...

4 key task groups

The period 2026-2030 is a particularly important time, when Hanoi City organizes the implementation of many major policies and strategies, especially the 2024 Capital Law and 2 Capital Development Plans approved by the Prime Minister.

This is also the period when the whole country in general and Hanoi in particular enter a new era - the era of the Vietnamese people's rise, with the goal of double-digit growth, first of all, growth of over 8% in 2025.

Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang said that striving with the capital to achieve the set growth target, in 2025 and the 2026-2030 period, the tourism industry will focus on implementing 4 groups of tasks, with the primary focus being on planning and developing tourism infrastructure.

Accordingly, the tourism industry will proactively coordinate with departments and branches to advise the city to prioritize the budget for tourism infrastructure investment and attract large investors; strive to form 3 national tourist areas in Hanoi including: Ba Vi tourist area; Huong Son scenic relic area; Hoan Kiem Lake - vicinity tourist area and Hanoi Old Quarter.

The capital's tourism industry will also prioritize investment and innovation in key products such as cultural tourism, MICE tourism, rural agricultural tourism, and community tourism. Continue to develop new tourism products such as: adventure sports tourism, experiential tourism, Red River tourism, helicopter tourism, hot air balloon tourism, virtual reality tourism, etc.

Another key priority task, according to Ms. Dang Huong Giang, is that the Hanoi tourism industry will focus on promoting the construction of a smart tourism ecosystem associated with digital transformation, focusing on building a digital tourism map of Hanoi; enhancing the digitization of data on tourist areas, tourist attractions, and tourism service establishments.

In order for the tourism industry to maintain its growth rate in the coming period, the Department of Tourism proposed that Hanoi continue to prioritize investment resources for projects on connecting traffic infrastructure and tourism technical infrastructure in key tourist areas and destinations. At the same time, it should pay attention to removing difficulties for large-scale, key tourism projects in Hanoi so that the projects can soon be put into operation to welcome and serve tourists.

 

Hanoi tourism industry aims to attract over 31 million visitors in 2025; total revenue from tourists will reach over 130,000 billion VND. By 2030, it will welcome about 46 million visitors; total revenue from tourists will reach about 280,000 billion VND. The total contribution rate of the tourism industry to Hanoi's GRDP is from 7.0-7.5%. Complete planning, invest in development and recognize at least 3 national tourist areas in the capital.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/de-ha-noi-tiep-tuc-la-diem-den-du-lich-hap-dan-dac-sac-hang-dau.html