KUALA LUMPUR - Hanoi is estimated to have received 12.14 million tourist visits from January to April this year, up 20.9% from a year earlier, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Tourism revenue in the capital is expected to rise 22.8% year on year to 50.86 trillion Vietnamese dong (about USD2.03 billion), the report said, citing the city’s Department of Tourism.

In April alone, Hanoi recorded about 3.09 million visitor trips, an increase of 13.3% compared to the same month last year, with 2.31 million domestic travellers and more than 780,100 international arrivals.

The city currently has 3,761 accommodation facilities providing more than 71,000 rooms, according to the report.