Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, Asian visitors made up the lion’s share of the number, at over 2.12 million people, increasing 35.8 percent year on year. The number of Chinese visitors, which accounted for 30 percent of the total tourist arrivals in Vietnam during the period, grew by 38.5 percent annually.
The numbers of tourist arrivals by air, road, and sea during the two-month
period recorded respective annual increases of 26.3, 58.4, and 3.5 percent.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said it aims to serve between 15
and 17 million foreigners and 78 million domestic travellers this year, with
total revenue expected to hit 620 trillion VND (27.28 billion USD), up 21.35
percent on year.
Vu The Binh, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said Northeast
Asia, including China, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Taiwan (China), will
continue to be the major sources of tourists to Vietnam. Last year, China and
the RoK sent 4 and 2.4 million visitors to Vietnam.
With a growth of 30 percent in tourism in 2017, Vietnam for the first time came
on the list of countries with fastest tourism growth speed in the world,
ranking at the 6th place.
Source: VNA
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