Thursday, 19/10/2023 11:19 (GMT+7)
The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam has announced that it will issue e-visas to Vietnamese tourist groups by designated travel companies from November 1, 2023.
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| Japan is a favorite destination of Vietnamese tourists. (Photo: Saigontourist) |
Accordingly, the issuance of electronic visas will begin after completing the preparation work from each of the travel companies on the list designated to organize groups of tourists on package tours.
The applicable visa type is a single-entry visa for tourism purposes for 15 days.
Visa applicants need to present at the airport the "Visa issuance notice" displayed on the screen of a mobile phone connected to the internet. Presentation of PDF files, screenshots or printed hard copies is not accepted.
According to data from the Japan Tourism Board, Vietnam is among the 10 largest markets sending tourists to the country in the first 8 months of 2023.
In August alone, Vietnamese tourists to Japan numbered 50,000, a year-on-year increase of 16.5%. In the 8 months, Japan greeted 397,000 Vietnamese tourists, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%. With these, Vietnam ranked 7th among the 10 largest markets sending tourists to Japan, after the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), Thailand and the US.
Meanwhile, Japanese tourists to Vietnam reached 414,000 in the 9 months of the year, ranking 5th among the biggest international tourist markets of Vietnam, but seeing a 50% decrease compared to before COVID-19.
From August 15, 2023, Vietnam officially applies visa policies allowing Japanese tourists to Vietnam to be unilaterally exempted from visas with temporary stay period extending to 45 days./.
BTA