Foreign tourists to Vietnam during Tet Ky Suu

According to the General Statistics Office, the country is estimated to receive 370,000 foreigners in January, down 11 percent from a year ago. Numbers of visitors from the Republic of Korea and the US fell significantly, while those from France rose 51.1 percent, Malaysia 23.3 percent and Singapore 26.6 percent.
The Da Lat tourist resort in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong has received more than 110,000 visitors, including 5,000 foreigners, during the long New Year holiday. All the hotels and guesthouses have been fully occupied. Room services have also increased by between 25-30 percent compared to the period before the New Year.
More than 100,000 people have made a pilgrimage to Yen Tu Mount – the cradle of Vietnamese Buddhism - in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh over the past six days.
The province upgraded National Highway No18 to Yen Tu to facilitate travel and ease traffic congestion. Phuc Xuyen Transport Company purchased 20 more buses to serve the pilgrims.
The Yen Tu festival is launched on the 10th day of the first lunar month and this year it falls on February 4.