Hanoi receives 18.7 million tourists this year

Total tourism revenue is therefore estimated to stand at over VND60,000 billion, representing a 5.3-fold rise compared to 2021 and equivalent to 57.8% of total revenue seen in 2019.

Most notably, Hanoi continues to receive critical acclaim from prestigious travel websites for its attractiveness to international tourists.

As a result of this, Hanoi has been listed among the 25 best tourist destinations for food lovers in the world, as voted for this year by Tripadvisor readers.

Furthermore, German travel website Travelbook.de has highlighted the capital as being one of the most popular travel destinations throughout all of Southeast Asia.

The travel tracking tool Google Destination Insights also ranked Hanoi as one of the most-searched-for cities by international visitors.

Hanoi was also placed in the ninth position by Icelandic airline in the ranking of the world's top 10 cities to explore for culture, cuisine, and healthcare.

Especially, Hanoi has been voted by the World Travel Awards (WTA) as the World's Leading City Break Destination 2022.

This comes amid the capital’s tourism industry focusing on strengthening connectivity with other cities and provinces to fully tap into agricultural tourism products as a means of providing visitors with unique products. 

Dang Huong Giang, director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism, revealed that the local tourism sector will continue to take measures as a means of maintaining its role as the country’s major tourist hub and promote the city as a safe and attractive destination in the future.

Next year, the capital will strive to welcome approximately 22 million tourists, including three million foreign visitors and 19 million domestic tourists, an increase of 17.6% compared to 2022, with total tourism revenue reaching roughly VND77,000 billion, up 28.2%.