Foreign tourists visit Trang An tourism complex in northern Ninh Binh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam welcomed 3.8 million foreign tourists in the firstseven months of 2020, a year-on-year decline of 61.6 percent, the GeneralStatistics Office announced on July 29.
Asianvisitors accounted for the lion’s share, 73 percent, down 63.9 percent year-on-year.
Arrivalsfrom most major markets, including China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan, declinedsubstantially in January-July, with only those from Cambodia rising, by 88.9 percent.
Touristsfrom Europe fell 48.7 percent year-on-year.
InJuly alone, 139,000 foreigners arrived in Vietnam, mainly by road, amonth-on-month increase of 8.7 percent but down 98.9 percent against the sameperiod last year, as the country has yet to open its doors to internationaltourists.
Meanwhile,the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said that following a domestictourism stimulus plan, many localities recorded month-on-month surges in June ofat least 1.5-fold in domestic holidaymaker numbers.
Theyincluded Sa Pa in Lao Cai province and also Quang Ninh province in the north,Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces in the central region, and Phu Quoc Island, offthe coast of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province./.
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