The tourism sector of Vietnam has seen strong recovery since the beginning of this year, with many localities recording impressive revenues of trillions of VND in January, and the number of domestic tourists rising roughly 19% compared to the same period in 2024 to 12.5 million.
Many localities in Vietnam recoorded trillions of VND in tourism revenue during the nine-day Lunar New Year 2025 holiday.
Nearly 80% of foreign arrivals in Vietnam so far this year hailed from Asia, with a significant 60% coming from the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, Taiwan (China), and Japan, reported the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism on December 6.
The tourism sector of the central city of Da Nang has intensified its promotion and marketing efforts to attract more tourists from key target markets including China, Japan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, according to Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Truong Thi Hong Hanh.
In the first nine months of 2024, Ho Chi Minh City saw over 4 million international visitors, a 12% increase year on year.
After the COVID-19 pandemic, Google also shared with the tourism industry information about the demand for digital travel information about Vietnam through its Travel Insights tools.
Typhoon Yagi has caused severe damage in many provinces and cities in the northern region, including major tourist centres such as Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, and Sa Pa (Lao Cai). In an effort to overcome the damage, many localities have organised activities to welcome tourists back.
The tourism sector of Quang Ninh province, hard hit by Super Typhoon Yagi on September 7, is taking urgent action to overcome severe consequences of the storm and get its tourism back on track. The super typhoon is said to be the strongest to hit Vietnam in dozens of years.
Since the beginning of this year, Da Nang's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in both tourist arrivals and revenue. These achievements are largely attributed to the local efforts to introduce new products and renovate existing ones to make them more captivating to visitors.
Since the beginning of this month, Vietnamese tourism sector has seen many positive signals, with a strong recovery in both the number of visitors and revenue, and promising breakthroughs in the coming months.
Tourism of the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa has got a boost thanks to a bundle of international promotion programmes which have been put in place since the beginning of the summer.
Hanoi’s tourism industry aims to greet over 30 million visitors, including 7 million international arrivals, and earn more than 130 trillion VND (over 5 billion USD) from tourism in 2025.
