Vietnam is ranked fourth best ASEAN tourism attraction in 2012,according to an ASEAN report released on September 17.
The2012 Community Progress Monitoring System (ACPMS) report revealed thattourists from outside ASEAN coming to Vietnam made up the largestproportion, with 88 percent of the total number of foreign tourists tothe country.
It also specified that tourist spending in Vietnamin 2011 made up 4.5 percent of the national GDP and 63.3 percent ofthe country’s export service turnover. Tourism exports accounted for65.7 percent of the total export service turnover.
During2005-2011, the country’s tourism sector enjoyed a trade surplus and hit 4million USD in 2011. Vietnam ’s tourism export is ranked in themid-level group among ASEAN countries.-VNA