The northern province of Ninh Binh expects to welcome 5.35 million tourists in 2023.
Visitors in Trang An ecological site.
Of the visitors, the province expects to receive 350 thousands foreigners.
It also aims to get about 5,16 trillion VND (219 million USD) from the tourists for the whole year.
In 2022, Ninh Binh received nearly 2.7 million tourists, 3.6 fold-rise from same period last year.
Of which, domestic visitors were 3.6 million while foreign visitors were 60,000.
Total revenue from tourism is estimated at around 3,4 trillion VND (146 million USD), a 4.5 fold-rise againsted same period of previous year.
In an attemp to meet the set target, the Department of Tourism asked businesses, travel companies, hotels and restaurants to strictly implement COVID-19 control and prevention measures as well as regulations on environmental sanitation, and food hygiene and safety; and well prepare infrastructure and personnel to serve tourists safely, thus maintain the position as a tourism hub of the country and continue to develop an image of a safe attractive destination for the province.