Search volume for Vietnam’s tourism ranks 11th in the world
Hanoi (VNA) – The search volume of accommodations in Vietnam is rising
rapidly, ranking 11th in the world, indicating a strong recovery in
demand for tourism in the country, reported the
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on May 11.
Accordingly, Vietnam
is in the group of nations with a growth rate from 10% to 25%. The top countries include
Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, the US, France, Canada, the
Netherlands, and the Philippines.
In Southeast
Asia, Vietnam and the Philippines are the two countries in the top group in the
world. Other countries rank quite far behind, namely Thailand in the 24th place, Singapore 33rd, Indonesia 44th and Malaysia 45th.
The biggest sources of search about Vietnam’s
tourism include the US, Japan, Australia, Singapore, India, Thailand, France, Germany, the UK,
and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
In the first
four months of this year, Vietnam welcomed nearly 3.7 million foreign visitors,
surpassing the total number for the whole year of 2022 and achieving nearly a half
of the 2023 target. With these positive results and the trend of growing demand,
the international tourism market still has high potential for strong growth,
especially during the peak season in the last months of this year.
Currently, the RoK
remains the biggest source of tourist arrivals to Vietnam, followed by the US. Although
the Chinese market has just returned, it is already in the third position and expected
to recover faster than other markets due to its big market size, especially
from the summer of 2023 and the last months of this year.
Meanwhile, the Australian and Indian markets have opportunities to increase the number of visitors to
Vietnam, as Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have just opened direct flights connecting
major cities of the two countries. In Southeast Asia, Thailand and
Cambodia are recovering well, equivalent to the pre-COVID-19 level./.