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Around 80,000 tourists in Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring
provinces went abroad through Tan Son Nhat International Airport to enjoy their
lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, representing a year-on-year increase of 20
percent.
According to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the number
of people traveled by road to Cambodia via the Moc Bai border gate in the
southern province of Tay Ninh reached 40,000.
Meanwhile, about 90,000 others chose Phu Quoc, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Da Lat and
Hue as their destinations during Tet.
In January 2012, HCM City welcomed around 310,000 foreign visitors, including
60,000 overseas Vietnamese, equivalent to the figures of the same period last
year.
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