06 March 2008
In spite of bad weather, the number of foreign tourists to Hue Central Province in the first two months this year hit a record high, especially those from Thailand, China, Japan and France, according to the Thua Thien Hua Tourism Department.
Nearly 200,000 tourists visited Hue in the first two months, including 124,000 foreigners, an increase of 43 percent year on year.
The festivals 2008 and many other cultural festivals attracted a large number of foreigners and an increasing number of overseas Vietnamese came home to celebrate Tet holiday.
Big hotels such as Huong Giang, Century, Morin and Kinh Thanh had occupancy rate of more than 70 percent. Total tourism revenue reached an estimated 95.6 billion VND in the first two months.
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