(NLDO) - During the 9-day Lunar New Year holiday, Hanoi welcomed about 1 million tourists, with total revenue of 3,530 billion VND.
Hanoi Department of Tourism said that during the 9-day Tet holiday (from January 25 to February 2, 2025, from December 26, year of the Dragon to January 5, year of the Snake), it is estimated that Hanoi will welcome about 1 million tourists, an increase of 6% over the same period last year.
International visitors ask for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam. Photo: Hoang Quyen
Of which, the number of international visitors to Hanoi during this time was 142,000, an increase of 15.8% over the same period last year, mainly from the markets of China, Korea, Taiwan (China), the US, the UK, Malaysia, India, Germany, France, Japan... Domestic tourists were 859,000, an increase of 5% over the same period last year.
Total revenue from tourists is estimated at 3,530 billion VND, up 7.85% over the same period last year.
Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang assessed this result as the result of careful preparation by tourism areas, destinations and businesses.
Since the days before Tet, tourist areas and attractions have focused on upgrading the quality of tourism services, launching many new tourism programs and products as well as organizing cultural activities and art performances from the New Year to the Lunar New Year 2025 to stimulate demand and attract tourists to visit and experience.
During the Lunar New Year holiday this year, many exciting and attractive events took place in the city, attracting tourists to visit and experience.
Activities and events that lasted throughout the Lunar New Year have made visitors to the capital live in the traditional Tet atmosphere of the Northern Delta region such as: "Vietnamese Village Tet 2025" program at Mong Phu Communal House Space - Ancient Village Tourist Destination in Duong Lam (Son Tay town); Tet celebration program at the Vietnam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village (Dong Mo, Son Tay town) with the theme "Spring in the Village"; "Spring Colors of At Ty 2025" program at Ho Guom Cultural Information Center; "Vietnamese Tet - Street Tet 2025" program in the Old Quarter; display of traditional Tet space at Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site
During and after the Lunar New Year, tourist areas and attractions continue to organize vibrant and attractive cultural and artistic activities to attract tourists such as fireworks displays, art performances to welcome the New Year at Hoan Kiem Lake, My Dinh National Stadium; performances to welcome the new year 2025 at Ngoc Son Temple, the stage in front of the Quyet Tu De To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To Cuu To, Lac Long Quan flower garden (Tay Ho district); Van Quan lake (Ha Dong district)...
In addition, localities have carefully prepared and are ready to organize major festivals at the beginning of the year such as: Festival to celebrate the 236th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da victory (Dong Da district), Huong Pagoda Festival (My Duc district), Giong Festival at Soc Temple (Soc Son district), Co Loa Festival (Dong Anh district), Hai Ba Trung Temple Festival (Me Linh district), Tan Vien Son Thanh Festival (Ba Vi district)...
In addition, to promote tourism activities from the beginning of the year, the Hanoi Department of Tourism will coordinate with the People's Committee of Hai Ba Trung District to organize the program "Hanoi Tourism Welcomes 2025" at the Hai Ba Trung Temple, Pagoda and Communal House Special National Relic Tourist Site and the 2025 Friendship Spring Tour program in Me Linh District. These are two activities to promote, advertise and stimulate tourism to kick off the capital's tourism industry in 2025.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/ha-noi-thu-3530-ti-dong-tu-khach-du-lich-trong-ky-nghi-tet-nguyen-dan-196250202162053753.htm
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