Website of National Tourism Year launched

A website on the 2012 National Tourism Year for the North Central Coastal region in Vietnamese, English and French has been launched at www.dulich.thuathienhue.gov.vn.

The Thua Thien-Hue Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is co-ordinating with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to develop the Japanese version.

Throughout the tourism year, Thua Thien-Hue province will host 20 events, including 11 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The province has allocated VND49 trillion for 43 tourism projects in the hope of attracting as many as 2.5 million tourists to Hue this year.