Quang Ninh (VNA), Oct. 22 -- Measures to stimulate tourism demand were the focus of a conference held on October 22 by the People's Committee of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

Director of the provincial Tourism Department Pham Ngoc Thuy reported that the province welcomed an estimated 11.74 million visitors in the first 10 months this year, an increase of 10 percent compared to the same period last year. Of the figure, 4.22 million were foreign tourists.

Total revenues of the tourism sector in the 10 months amounted to 23.8 trillion VND (over 1 billion USD), up 22 percent year on year. The sector contributed 2.48 trillion VND to the State budget in in the first three quarters of the year, up 26 percent.

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