Thursday, 25/08/2016 19:57 (GMT+7)
Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam are estimated to reach over 899,700 this August, up 6.3% over a year earlier and 34.4% from the previous month, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Foreign tourists visiting Hanoi
These figures brought the total foreign arrivals to the country from the start of the year to over 6.45 million, up 25.4% compared to the same period last year.
Of this, arrivals by air were 5.43 million, up 28.5% year on year, while those by sea and road posted some 98,800, down 15.4%, and over 914,500, up 14.5%, respectively.
Almost all markets sending tourists to Vietnam witnessed growth, such as Hong Kong-China (92.8%), China (57.9%), the Republic of Korea (37.6%), Thailand (34.9%), Italy (31.8%), Spain (27.6%), Laos (26.6%), New Zealand (26.4%), Russia (25%) and Sweden (24.3%).
Only Cambodia saw fewer tourists visiting Vietnam than the same period last year, with a reduction of 12.9%.
During the period, the country provided services to 43.1 million domestic tourists, in which 20.5% stayed overnight. Total tourist turnover reached over VND265 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 22.5%./.
BTA