Foreign arrivals to Hanoi surge

VOV.VN - The number of foreign arrivals to Hanoi in March hit 256,000, bringing the total number of foreign tourists to the city in the first quarter to 761,000, up 17.1% and 28.7% respectively over the same periods last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office (HSO).

Among them, 620,000 went on holiday, up 30.7% while 111,000 came to Hanoi for business, up 6.7%.


Countries which saw a high number of visitors to Vietnam included China (85.5%), the Republic of Korea (47.9%) and Thailand (63.9%).

The HSO also reported that the number of foreign tourists to Hanoi by air was 635,000 (up 24.5%), and by sea and land was 125,000 (up 55.6%).

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