Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 2.86 millionforeigners was estimated to visit Vietnam in January and February, up 29.7percent from the same period in 2017.
According to the General Statistics Officeof Vietnam, Asian visitors made up the lion’s share of the number, at over 2.12million people, increasing 35.8 percent year on year. The number of Chinesevisitors, which accounted for 30 percent of the total tourist arrivals in Vietnamduring the period, grew by 38.5 percent annually.
The numbers of tourist arrivals by air,road, and sea during the two-month period recorded respective annual increasesof 26.3, 58.4, and 3.5 percent.
The Vietnam National Administration ofTourism said it aims to serve between 15 and 17 million foreigners and 78million domestic travellers this year, with total revenue expected to hit 620trillion VND (27.28 billion USD), up 21.35 percent on year.
Vu The Binh, Vice Chairman of the VietnamTourism Association, said Northeast Asia, including China, the Republic ofKorea (RoK), Japan, Taiwan (China), will continue to be the major sources oftourists to Vietnam. Last year, China and the RoK sent 4 and 2.4 millionvisitors to Vietnam.
With a growth of 30 percent in tourism in2017, Vietnam for the first time came on the list of countries with fastesttourism growth speed in the world, ranking at the 6th place. -VNA
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