Thứ Năm, 27 tháng 8, 2015

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam on rise



European countries, northeast Asia, ASEAN, foreign visitors, domestic tourists

According to statistics from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO), after witnessing a decline in 13 consecutive months, the number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam began rebounding in July and August.


In July, 593,566 foreign tourists came to Vietnam, up 12.1% compared to June and 5.1% compared to July last year.


In August, arrivals by air rose by 17.4% to 610,159 (accounting for 91.8% of total foreign arrivals), by sea dropped 9.3% to 1,360 (making up 0.2%) and by land declined 45.2% to 53,466 (equal to 8%) against the same period last year.


The number of tourists from five European countries which have been exempted visas enjoyed a robust growth in August compared to last month, such as Spain (159.3%), Italy (141.4%), Germany (54.1%), France (25.8%) and the UK (25.5%).


Meanwhile, the number of visitors from northeast Asia and ASEAN also saw an two-digit growth, including the Republic of Korea (42.5%), Hong Kong (36.4%), Laos (33.4%), Thailand (29.9%), Japan (25.9%), Singapore (18.7%), China (16.4%) and Malaysia (13.5%).


Totally, Vietnam welcomed more than 5 million foreign visitors and 45.8 domestic tourists during the first eight months of this year, earning VNS235,586 billion, up 2.7% against the same period last year.





Foreign arrivals to Vietnam on rise

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