Visitors to Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh province (Photo: VNA) Not Chinesetravellers or any other sources of international tourists, it is the domesticsector that will remain the “brightest” factor helping Vietnam’s tourism continuerecovering strongly in 2023, Nguyen Huu Y Yen, General Director of the SaigontouristTravel Service Co. Ltd, said as cited by Thanh nien (Young people) newspaper.
He saidbefore the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the three biggest sources of foreignvisitors to Vietnam were China, Russia, and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Charterflights from the RoK have been resumed just recently while there haven’t beenmany Chinese tourists, and Russian tourists haven’t returned. The European andUS markets have begun to bounce back but are unlikely to record a breakthrough in2023, he pointed out.
Yenexpected the number of international tourists in 2023 will return to about 50%of the 2019 level. Meanwhile, in just over six months of 2022, the number ofdomestic travellers rebounded to over 50% of the pre-pandemic level, and thisyear’s figure will definitely reach 70 - 75%. Outbound tourism will also sharethe same trend.
Thedomestic market can regain the 2019 growth in 2024, the Saigontourist CEO predicted.
About 9million Vietnamese travelled during the recent Lunar New Year holiday, surging 47.5%year on year, statistics show.
NguyenTrung Khanh, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism,expressed his belief that 2023 will be a vibrant year for Vietnamese tourism interms of both domestic and international markets.
He citedsome experts as saying that the world will witness vigorous growth in traveldemand this year. As a bright spot in the global tourism map, Vietnam willdefinitely not be out of this trend./.
VNA
