Children go kayaking on Tà Lài lake in Đồng Nai Province. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Tourism activities in all destinations across the country have become vibrant as summer comes, prompting localities to gear up various events for the peak season.

HCM City held the second Vietnamese bánh mỳ Festival in mid-May and is about to organise the second River Festival from May 31 to June 9.

The south-central province of Khánh Hòa plans to hold the Nha Trang Sea Festival while Bình Định, another province in the south-central region, will host a series of summer tourism activities.

The Huế Festival Week in central Thừa Thiên - Huế Province is to take place in June. Meanwhile, the Festival for Peace, slated for the same month, is expected to draw visitors from far and wide to the central province of Quảng Trị.

Many new tourism products have also been introduced, including night tours at the Cúc Phương National Park in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

The Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) is stepping up tourism promotion domestically and internationally on its websites and social networks, highlighting outstanding destinations such as Cần Thơ - a city of canals in the Mekong Delta, Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex in Ninh Bình Province, Hội An ancient city in central Quảng Nam Province, terraced rice fields in the northwestern region, and poetic Đà Lạt City in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng to offer local and international travellers fresher, friendlier, and more attractive glances at the country.

The authority reported that in the first five months of this year, Việt Nam has welcomed nearly 7.6 million international arrivals, a rise of 64.9 per cent year on year and 3.9 per cent from the pre-COVID-19 period. At the same time, the tourism sector has served 52.5 million domestic travellers. Tourism earnings are estimated at VNĐ352.2 trillion (US$13.83 billion).

The Republic of Korea remained the largest market for Vietnamese tourism during the period with 1.9 million visitors, accounting for 25.7 per cent of the total foreign arrivals, followed by China, 21.2 per cent.

Strong growth has been seen in the number of tourists from Asia (73 per cent) and Europe (57.1 per cent) thanks to the favourable visa policy applied since August 15 last year, the VNAT said. — VNS