Over
50,000 holiday-makers came to the northern mountainous province of Lao
Cai during the vacation. Of whom, 40,000 visited Sa Pa district, which
is famous for Ham Rong mountain, Thac Bac and Thac Tinh Yeu (Bac and
Love Waterfall) and the hamlets of Ta Phin, Ta Van and Cat Cat with
terraced fields and unique habits of ethnic minorities.
During the first three
days of the New year, more than 7,000 pilgrims flocked to the Con
Son-Kiep Bac historical site in the northern province of Hai Duong,
which was recognised as a national heritage site in 1962 and a special
national heritage site in 2012.
In 2013, the Con
Son-Kiep Bac spring and autumn festivals received national intangible
cultural heritage status. The festivals are held in the first and eighth
lunar months every year to commemorate national heroes Nguyen Trai,
(the Great Man of Culture of the world), and Tran Hung Dao, who acted as
the Supreme Commander of Vietnam during the Tran Dynasty, leading
Vietnamese troops to repel three major Mongolian invasions in the 13th
century.
During the four-day
holiday, the central city of Da Nang greeted nearly 63,000 visitors,
including 33,000 foreigners, up 32 percent and 30.2 percent over the
same period last year, respectively.
According to travel
agencies, most foreign tourists arriving in Da Nang on the occasion are
Korean, Japanese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Chinese, Lao, Thai and
European.
Meanwhile, as many as
35,600 people visited the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, bringing an
estimated VND28 billion (USD1.3 million) to the locality. Of the total,
international arrivals accounted for 9 percent.
The most attractive
destinations in the city include Ninh Kieu wharf, Cai Rang
floating-market, My Khanh tourism village, Thien Vien Truc Lam (Southern
Truc Lam Zen Monastery), Binh Thuy communal house, Binh Thuy ancient
house and Ong pagoda. As the largest pagoda in the Mekong Delta region,
Thien Vien Truc Lam attracts about 4,500 tourists per day.
The municipal
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported that in 2014, the
local tourism sector earned VND1.17 trillion (nearly USD55 million) from
serving over 1.3 million tourists.
The Mekong Delta
province of Ben Tre also saw a sharp increase in the number of foreign
visitors and Vietnamese expatriates who desired to explore islets in
Tien River, Thach Hai commune’s beaches, and craft villages.
In 2014, the locality
welcomed over 900,000 visitors, with nearly 40 percent being foreigners,
earning over VND560 billion or a 20 percent increase against 2013.
This year, the local
tourism sector hopes to enjoy a higher growth thanks to the organisation
of the 5th Coconut Festival in March and other important events./.
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