Tourists in Nha Trang

Meanwhile, visitors from countries such as Germany, the UK, France, Australia and Canada to the province drastically dropped by 8-28%.

So far this year, the province attracted a total 2.1 million international travellers, up 129% on-year.

Over recent years, Khanh Hoa has seen a sharp rise in foreign tourists, but mostly those from China and Russia. The locality has boosted tourism promotion to other markets like South Korea, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.

Local authorities plan to ban vehicles of more than 29 seats from entering city centre areas in order to mitigate traffic congestion amid the increasing tourist numbers.

Young volunteers have been arranged at hot traffic spots to help visitors to cross the road, but the situation has not improved much due to the high number of vehicles, especially at peak hours.