European travellers will be the focus of Ha Long Tourism Week 2012, held from November 27-30 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The event, expected to welcome around 140 representatives of travel agencies and journalists from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Britain, is being organised by provincial authorities in co-operation with national carrier Vietnam Airlines.

According to the Quang Ninh Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the first ten months of this year, the province welcomed over 5.9 million travellers, including nearly 2 million foreign visitors, up 7 per cent over the same period last year.-VNS