Hanoi welcomes over 400,000 visitors during National Day holiday
Hanoi welcomed roughly 422,000 tourists, including locals and foreigners, during the National Day holiday which lasted from September 1 to September 4. Visitors are walking in downtown Hanoi during the National Day, which falls on September 2. Photos: The Hanoi Times According to the Hanoi Department of Tourism, the average occupancy rate of hotels in Hanoi is around 40.5%, of which the number of nights spent by domestic visitors was 23.5% and that of foreign travel ers 17%. During the two first days of the national holiday (September 1-2), the city welcomed 242,200 tourists, earning a total revenue of more than VND740 billion ($31.5 million). Of the visitors, the number of international arrivals was estimated at 12,000 while the number of domestic travel ers reached 230,000. Director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang said due to the fear of crowds at distant tourist destinations, many Hanoians chose to travel around the capital and to tourist a