Can Tho City’s tourism revenue during this year's nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival skyrocketed 75% on-year to VND70 billion, local authorities have revealed.
The city received upwards of 300,000 tourists during the holiday period, February 15-23, according to a statement from the city People’s Committee.
The committee partly attributed the rise to the fact that the city had opened additional airline flights on several routes for the holiday period including – Can Tho-Da Nang, Can Tho-Ha Noi and Can Tho-Taiwan (China).
The city had also invested heavily in renovating and building new hotels and restaurants, which substantially increased the capacity and quality to accommodate increased tourism traffic.