The Ha Noi International Tourism Festival welcomed nearly 3 million visitors during its three days, which ended May 1st, the organising board has said.
The figure represented a six-fold increase over that of the previous festival in 2003.
During the festival, the Municipal Tourism Service signed co-operation contracts to create new domestic and foreign tours with local partners, such as the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and the central province of Quang Binh, and with foreign partners in France, Malaysia, Argentina, and China.
The festival, part of Ha Noi’s activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the liberation of southern Viet Nam and national reunification, included exhibitions of tourism products and art performances around Hoan Kiem Lake and on streets in the Old Quarter, and a culinary presentation in the Botanical Gardens.
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Her pointed remark in Pigeon Forge came as she said Tennessee has edged out Nevada to become the eleventh most visited state in the country.
While most Southern states are declining in visitation, she said, Tennessee's is up 2.1 percent.
Whitaker also said increasing gas prices do not seem to have affected tourism for Tennessee, which draws more than 40 million visitors a year.
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NANJING, May 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The provincial tourism administration of Jiangsu province in east China announced that the country's main celebration activities for the 26th World Tourism Day will be staged in Lianyungang this September.
World tourism day September 27 every year. The theme this year focuses on "sports and tourism -- a force promoting mutual understanding as well as cultural and social development."
Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qufu and other tourism resort cities have previously been chosen as the venues for hosting celebration activities before the tourism day, the tourism administration said.
UK TOURISM is on the rise with the number of visits by overseas residents up by 12 per cent in the first half of this year, new figures show.
Foreign residents made 6.13 million visits to the UK in the first three months of 2005, the National Statistics Office revealed today.
While the number of American visitors dropped by eight per cent, Western Europeans made 14 per cent more trips to the UK than in January-March 2004.
The foreign visitors spent £2.51 billion on their trips to the UK in the first three months of this year, an 11 per cent rise
Kenyan tourism marketers have predicted a 17 percent increase in tourism revenue this year following a surge in the number of visitors from the United States and Canada.
According to a statement available here Friday, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said it is seeking a radical shift from the over-reliance on visitors from the traditional markets of Germany and Britain, and breaking new grounds in China, Russia, eastern Europe and the Middle East.
"The US and Canadian markets have seen tremendous growth in the first quarter of 2005," the KTB said in a report covering the past three months.
The Board's