Bac Ninh attracts more than 1.3 million tourists

06/10/2023 10:15

(BNP) – In the first 9 months of 2023, the province welcomed about 1,345,000 tourists, an increase of 46% over the same period in 2022. The total revenue reached VND 1,002 billion, an increase of 55% over the same period in 2022.


Festival program “Coming back to Quan ho land 2023”.

At the beginning of the year, a series of traditional festivals in early Spring taken place in the province has attracted numerous tourists to visit and enjoy such as Ba Chua Kho temple festival (Bac Ninh province); Lim festival, Phat Tich pagoda festival (Tien Du district); But Thap pagoda (Thuan Thanh town); Do temple festival (Tu Son city), … In addition, Festival program “Coming back to Quan ho land 2023”, connecting the essence of intangible cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO with many vibrant cultural, sports and tourism activities has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to Bac Ninh.

Furthermore, Bac Ninh successfully hosted several national and international sports tournaments including Round 1 of 2023 National Volleyball Championship; World Group II Play-offs Round of 2023 Davis Cup International Men's Team Tennis Tournament; 2023 National Ethnic Wrestling Championship; 2023 Bac Ninh province Open Karate Championship... These tournaments create playgrounds for sports teams to exchange, compete, and learn experience. At the same time, these events promote and introduce the land, people, potential and strengths of Bac Ninh to domestic and foreign friends.

Moreover, the authorities cooperate with relevant units to produce television programs to promote Culture - Tourism on VTV; issue leaflets and brochures to propagate and boost tourism to tourist destinations in the province; provide information about the list of folk games and performances, current status and orientation for preserving and exploiting folk games and performances in order to develop tourism in the province; guide a number of tourist destinations in the province to complete and supplement criteria to meet the standards for recognizing these destinations...

The province needs to manage well the operations of travel and passenger transportation businesses, especially those that take tourists abroad for tourism. It also directs tourist accommodation businesses to publicly list and sell at the right price, improve the quality of facilities and equipment to ensure tourist satisfaction. The system of technical facilities for tourism service business is increasingly developed in a professional and modern way, thereby, creating positive changes in tourism development and improving the tourism environment for national and international tourists.

By B.H