Dark clouds loomed over all of South-east Asia but Hanoi was having a tourism renaissance in 2025

Hanoi, the frantic capital of Vietnam, is in the midst of a tourist boom in 2025, with millions of visitors bringing it back on par with the world’s hotspots. Recovering from pandemic-induced disruption and global uncertainty, today’s city emerges stronger than before. Hanoi received nearly 15.6 million visitors in the first six months of 2019, up 11.8 percent against the same period last year. Tourism has shown particularly strong growth, with close to 2.8m people visiting in June alone, including a 21.4% rise in foreign arrivals.

The city’s renaissance is indicativey not simply of a rebound but of a intended metamorphosis in how Hanoi thinks about tourism. Hanoi is experiencing “a golden time” of tourism, as local tourism officials have increased resources on attracting and ensuring satisfaction for tourists. New and exciting tourism products have led to the repositioning of the capital as a leading destination in the region.

A Shift Toward High-Value Tourism

The city’s tourism recovery isn’t just a numbers game as tourism moves toward being less volume and more value driven. Hanoi has increasingly been courting longer-stay, deeper-pocketed travellers seeking a more immersive cultural experience. Thus it is no surprise that the city has become increasingly visitor-friendly, with an ever-increasing number of travel-oriented offerings that appeal to not only visitors from around the globe, but also local tourists who are looking for experiential activities.

One of the biggest changes to Hanoi’s tourism is an increased focus on quality over quantity. It’s now about the city attracting clientele not just interested in ticking the boxes of the well-trodden sites, but in exploring the architecture of history, culture and local experience that the city offers. The approach has been a success for Hanoi in terms of attracting tourists by the numbers without competing at the lowest rungs of quality and price of the regional tourism market, tourism authorities say.

Tourism New Products and Cultural Routes of Signature

The 2025 image of Hanoi’s tourism is refreshed with more attractive new products. A big draw is a slate of 20 signature night tours that hope to animate the city’s history and cultural riches after dark. Among these are stunners such as The Trấn Vũ Bell at Quán Thánh Temple, which channels the sacredness of the old Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. ​Visitors will also be able to discover two special cultural routes – the Southern Thăng Long Heritage Path and the The Path of Confucianism – which will take visitors through a corridor of villages, pagodas and relics relating to the capital city’s tradition of learning and producing scholars.

One focus is on the regeneration of creative spaces in the city. At districts like Trúc Bạch Subsidy Street and the Heritage Echoes 6 tour (on trams), new services are being added to meet the tastes of young travelers, who primarily prefer exploring their own way rather than visiting traditional historical sites,” said Đặng. The Ethnic Dao Herbal Village Discovery in Ba Vì is also fresh on the shelves, letting holidaymakers discover the natural wonders of the locality and try their hand at local customs.

Inter-Provincial Tour and Luxury Train Travel

Hanoi Eyeing Inter-provincial Tourism More than cultural and artistic programs, the capital city is also boosting inter-provincial tourism. New river tours on the Red River and the Đuống River link the capital to outlying provinces such as Hưng Yên, Bắc Ninh and Hải Phòng. These tours are meant to give you, the traveler, a greater sense of Northern Vietnam’s history and culture.

Changes in cultural train travel: It was the combination of luxury train services like the S Journey and the Hoa Phượng Đỏ train (linking Hanoi with Hải Phòng) that has allowed the cultural train travel in the country entering the next step. These trains provide tourists to explore the region in style, in addition to getting all the high-end facilities and services.

Festivals and International Promotion

Hanoi’s cultural calendar is also full of a good variety of events, making it even more inviting for its visitors. The Hanoi Tourism Festival at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel, the Beverage Festival at Thống Nhất Park, and the Third Hanoi Autumn Festival were also part of the tourist attractions in early October. Other festivals like Long Dress Tourism Festival and Gastronomy and Handicraft Tourism Festival are an excellent chance for travelers to get an insight of the deep cultural and culinary roots of the city.

Hanoi has joined in key international tourism fairs to expand its tourism market to the rest of the world. It is this approach which is leading the capital to promote and scale up the tourism programs which are scheduled to be carried out at upcoming fairs such as ITE HCM City, the Osaka Expo within the Japanese market, ITB India in Mumbai, and IFTM Top Resa in France, aimed at attracting tourists to Hanoi from the source markets.

Ad opted to Digital Tourism and Smart Measures

Hanoi is also becoming digital tourism city. In line with this evolution, the city is adopting an e-ticketing system in the main heritage attractions like the Temple of Literature, the Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum and at leading museums. This project is intended to improve the visitor experience and reduce queues and sales service operations at the sites.

The city is also investigating trends like sustainable tourism, film tourism, and AI-based personalization to augment the travel experience. These digital approaches do not only have the ambition of making Hanoi’s tourism infrastructure more effective, but also that its offerings are brought in line with global trends in the travel industry.

Meanwhile, individual travel companies in Hanoi has quickly adapted to the trend in the travel industry. Promotions on lodging, entertainment, and gastronomy are part of these new tours introduced by the Hanoi Tourism Corporation. City tours, cycling tours, night tours, and food culture tours have been renewed for long-term domestic and overseas visitors.

A notable one dedicated to the National Day is the “Back to Roots” travel series of Capetour Club, which was aimed to promote the country’s core values in the Vietnamese ancient capital, and to help people understand more about the country’s national identity and its historical “roots”. Besides, the Vietnam Railway Corporation has launched the Five Gateways Express train, which is set to offer a new experience in convenience and service for visitors to the region.

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The Hanoi tourism industry has been remarkable in 2025, not merely overcoming the challenges of the pandemic, but also asserting its title as a destination with vision and creativity. Focused on cultural diversity, tailor-made experiences and sustainable tourism, the attitude is changing rapidly, however, the city, like its people, is embracing the new without the fear of losing its original identity. With its diverse tourism products, efforts in international promotion, and emphasis on quality, it is certain that Hanoi city will continue to be one of Asia’s most attractive destinations in the next years.

Source : asianews.network