Vietnam’s tourism sector targets to welcome about 8 million foreign tourist arrivals from a total of 110 million next year, according to the General Administration of Vietnam Tourism.
Thailand is eyeing up to 80 million foreign tourist arrivals per year by 2027, twice the number in 2019 and far exceeding the Thai population of 70 million.
Indonesia plans to adjust its foreign tourist attraction strategy to respond to the rising risk of recession in developed economies this year, Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has said.
The Government Office has recently released Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s conclusions at a conference promoting foreign tourist arrivals in Vietnam.
The Government Office has recently released Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s conclusions at a conference promoting foreign tourist arrivals in Vietnam.
Vietnam saw 3.66 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, and those from the Republic of Korea (RoK) accounted for the largest proportion with over 965,000, or 26.4%.
Thailand held celebrations to welcome foreign visitors at seven airports and two immigration checkpoints on December 10 as it recorded 10 million foreign tourist arrivals for 2022.
Large foreign tourist groups to Quang Ninh province in recent days are good signs for a boom of tourism development in this northern coastal province after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese economy enjoyed growth in the first eight months of 2022 with bright spots across various fields such as industrial production, trade and foreign tourist attraction.
Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 17% in exports in the first six months, but it will be hard for overseas shipments to meet expectations in the last half of the year, according to the HSBC.
Thailand recorded 3.12 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first seven months of 2022 as the country has removed most travel restrictions imposed earlier to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Thailand said on June 17 that it would abandon its pre-registration process for foreign visitors and no longer require face masks to be worn in public places, responding to a slower COVID-19 spread. Thailand said on June 17 that it would abandon its pre-registration process for foreign visitors and no longer require face masks to be worn in public places, responding to a slower COVID-19 spread.
Thailand's economy has gone into stagflation because of a fragile recovery and surging price hikes, according to an economist at the Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC), a research unit under the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
After reopening for a month post COVID-19 and only minimal improvement in tourism numbers, Hanoi-based relic sites are going the extra mile to welcome back foreign guests.
Vietnam welcomed 49,200 foreign tourists in the first two months of 2022, representing a year-on-year surge of 71.7 percent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on February 28.
A conference was held in Cua Lo beach town, the central province of Nghe An, on December 25 to look into the tourism industry under the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact and discuss ways to promote this sector’s recovery and development in the time ahead.
Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 percent from the figure in October, the General Statistics Office announced on November 29.
Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 percent from the figure in October, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on November 29.
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc island have been listed among the world’s 100 greatest places to explore on Earth in 2021 as voted by US-based Time Magazine (Time).
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