Quang Tri welcomes over 1.8 million tourists this year

According to the Quang Tri Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province received more than 1.8 million visitors, representing a 10.3% increase from the previous year, including 168,000 foreign arrivals, up by 2.4%, and over 1.6 million domestic tourists, up by 11.2%.

The provincial tourism sector raked in an estimated VND1.624 billion in revenue, an annual rise of 6.8%.

The sector has made strides in recent times with the release of more information on tourism promotion activities, a diversification of tourist products as well as developing tourism alongside localities in the East-West Corridor, north-central and central provinces to meet increasing demand for travel.

Quang Tri province aims to receive nearly 2 million visitors in 2019, up 8.7% compared to the 2018 figure with total tourism revenue reaching VND1.740 billion, a year-on-year rise of 7.1%.