Ninh Binh welcomes 6.5 million visitors this year

Of the figure, foreign visitors were nearly 700,000, an increase of 23% on year, ccording to the report of the provincial People's Committee.

Domestic tourists to the province numbered 5.8 million in 2016, expanding 5.6% from a year earlier. The number of those staying overnight was 845,300 per night, a year - on - year rise of 28%.

The tourism sector earned an estimated revenue of nearly VND 1.7 trillion (USD 74,7 million) which reflected a surge of 25 percent against that recorded a year earlier.

Next year, Ninh Binh will strive to improve the quality of tourism staff and coordinate with other localities and businesses to develop tourism products in hope of achieving the 6.7 million visitor target.

(Translated by Nguyen Thuy)