Tourism booms during lunar New Year holidayTourism in central and southern regions have reaped the benefits of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday (February 14 - 20), reporting an impressive surge in the number of visitors. People visit the Can Tho city flower street on its opening day during the week-long Tet holiday. The site offered free entrance to visitors on the first three days of the lunar year (February 16-18). The city’s tourism revenues during the holiday topped 75.8 billion VND (3.3 million USD), up 10 percent from last year. Binh Duong province announced that its popular Dai Nam tourism site attracted nearly 150,000 tourists during the period, a seven-fold increase compared to normal days.

Source: VietNamNet News February 21, 2018 04:18 UTC