More than 1.6 million Tourists visit HCMC in six months

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) greeted more than 1.65 million tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2011, a year-on-year increase of 10 percent, reported the city Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.

Tourists visiting the city by air reached an estimated 1.3 million arrivals, up 15 percent year on year while those by sea and road posted 350,000 arrivals, down 5 percent year on year.

The city’s tourism sector earned total revenue of VND 23 trillion in the first six months, a year-on-year rise of 24 percent.

Markets which saw large numbers of tourists coming to HCMC over the past six months were the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Singapore and Malaysia.

Quang Ninh News Online has reported nearly 4 million tourist arrivals visited The Northern Province in the first six months of 2011, including more than 1.1 million foreign tourists.

Total tourism revenue of the province reached nearly VND 2 trillion, reaching 61.7 percent of the year’s plan and an increase of 7 percent compared to the same period last year.

Source: en.baomoi.com