Over 12.8 million foreigners visit Vietnam in 10 months
Monday, 29/10/2018 16:59 (GMT+7)
Since the beginning of the year, more than 12.8 million foreign tourists have visited Vietnam, a year-on-year rise of 22.4%, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
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Of this, arrivals traveling by air increased 16.7% while those arriving by road and sea rose 62.5% and decreased by 2.3%, respectively. Key markets saw sharp growth, especially the Republic of Korea (48.3%), Finland (33.3%), China (28.8%), and Denmark (16.4%).
Over the past 10 months, the country served about 67.9 million domestic tourists with 33.1 million tourists staying overnight. Total tourism turnover reached an estimated VND505 trillion, up 20.99%.
With this impressive growth, Vietnam will be likely to greet 15-16 million foreign tourists for 2018.
China always tops the 10 markets, accounting for 38% of the total. Of this, tourists from Nanning make up the majority traveling to Vietnam by road.
It is a key market in the national tourism development strategy by 2020, with a vision to 2030. Over the past years, the country created favorable conditions for Vietnamese and Chinese businesses to carry out travel activities./.
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