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Quang Ninh welcomes 106,000 tourist arrivals during New Year holiday

Tuesday, 03/01/2023 | 16:12:03 [GMT +7] A  A

Quang Ninh province greeted 106,000 tourists, earning 230 billion VND during the three-day New Year holiday (December 31, 2022 - January 2, 2023), according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Du khách tham quan Vịnh Hạ Long tại Cảng tàu khách quốc tế Hạ Long.
Tourists arrived at the Ha Long International Passenger Port to go on a tour of Ha Long Bay.

The province witnessed a 30-60% increase in the number of tourists to well-known places. Some attractions seeing the overwhelm influx of tourists include Ha Long Bay (nearly 13,500 tourist arrivals), Quang Ninh Museum (over 4,200 tourist arrivals), Cua Ong temple (1,300), SunWorld Ha Long Complex (20,000), etc.

In Van Don district, Cai Bau Pagoda, Van Yen orange garden, Phuong Dong area served about 11,000 visitors.

Tran Dynasty relic sites and tourist attractions in Dong Trieu town welcomed roughly 5,000 visitors.

About 34.500 tourists visited some outstanding places in Uong Bi city such as the Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscapes, Ba Vang pagoda and others.

In addition to iconic attractions in the province, many tourists chose to join ecotourism tours to flower gardens, orchards, beautiful landscaped campsites.

Many cultural and art programmes to welcome the new year have been held, attracting the attention of tourists.

During the holiday, many tourist attractions in the city launched new products and organise attractive activities to stimulate demand and attract more visitors.

By Hoang Quynh