According to Bui Van Manh, director of the Ninh Binh Department of Tourism, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Tam Coc-Bich Dong tourist site at the Trang An World Heritage Site welcomed around 3,000 tourists, 70 percent of whom were foreign travellers.
Tourists in Ninh Binh
On January 29, the Thung Nham tourism site attracted roughly 2,000 visitors. On the evenings of January 31 and February 1, it will hold the Colourful Spring programme, which offers free entry to tourists.
During the nine-day Tet holiday, the number of tourists in Ninh Binh is expected to reach 700,000, up 20 percent from last year.
This year, the province has set a goal to lure 9.1 million tourists.