7.2 mil foreign tourists to Vietnam in the first nine months of 2016

12:10:00 22/10/2016

In the first nine months of 2016, Vietnam welcomed 7,265,000 international tourists, up by 25 per cent year-on-year, while domestic tourist arrivals stood at 48.8 million in the period. Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) estimated the total tourism revenue is about 291.161 trillion Vietnamdong ($13.05 billion), a 20.2 per cent increase year-on-year.

Foreign tourists to Vietnam 2016

Tourists from northeast Asia saw the strongest growth, such as Hong Kong - up 79 per cent year-on-year, China 57.7 per cent, South Korea 39.9 per cent, and Taiwan 15.7 per cent. Beside, Russia is among the Top 10 countries with the fastest growing number of tourist coming to Vietnam in 2016, about 300,000 visitors in the first nine months.

The Vietnam Government are trying to attract more and more foreign tourists in the next few years.

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