The number was part of the 5.9 million visitors coming to the capital city between January and March, a two-fold increase year-on-year.

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Foreign visitors at Hanoi's Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature)

Hanoi now houses 3,756 lodging facilities totaling 70,218 rooms. The average occupancy rate of the local 1-5 star hotels was estimated at 56.5% in the three months, up 37.2% year-on-year.

The city has 29 food and beverage, 35 shopping, six entertainment, and one healthcare businesses meeting the standards to serve tourists. Its tourism sector is making efforts to develop traveling routes, including those connecting the downtown area with Bat Trang pottery craft village and Huong Pagoda in My Duc district with the Tam Chuc - Trang An tourism complex in Ha Nam and Ninh Binh provinces. Night tours have been conducted, and activities on pedestrian streets refreshed.

Hanoi aims to welcome 22 million tourists this year, earning 77 trillion VND (3.27 billion USD), increasing by 17.6% and 28.2% against 2022, respectively.

Source: VNA