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Vietnam welcomes over 5.5 international visitors in six months

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on June 28 announced that the country welcomed over 5.57 million foreign tourists in the first six months of 2023.
Vietnam welcomes over 5.5 international visitors in six months ảnh 1International travelers take cyclo tour around Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on June 28announced that the country welcomed over 5.57 million foreign tourists in the firstsix months of 2023.

Thenumber of domestic tourists during the period was estimated at 64 million. Totalrevenue from tourists was estimated at 343.1 trillion VND (14.6billion USD).

InJune alone, Vietnam welcomed over 975,000 international travellers, an increaseof 6.4% from the previous month.

Majormarkets of Vietnam’s tourism were the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan (China),the US, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, and Australia.

Thesearch volume for Vietnam's tourism via Google's market trend tracking tool haskept growing from the beginning of this year. It was the only SoutheastAsian nation listed in the top 10 destinations with the highest growthworldwide.

Accordingto the VNAT, the increasing search volume for Vietnam indicates a strong demandrecovery. So, Vietnam sees good opportunities to attract internationalvisitors in the coming time.

In arelevant development, the National Assembly on June 24 approved extendingtourist e-visas from 30 to 90 days, starting from August 15, 2023.

Uponbeing granted an e-visa, a foreigner can enter and exit an unlimited number oftimes within 90 days, without having to go through procedures for obtaining anew visa.

Vietnam welcomes over 5.5 international visitors in six months ảnh 2Tourists visit Hue Imperial Citadel.(Photo: VNA)

Citizensof countries that are unilaterally exempted from visas by Vietnam will begranted temporary residence for 45 days (up from 15 days) and can be consideredfor visa issuance and temporary residence extension according to regulations.

Suchnew policies are expected to help Vietnam attract a large number ofinternational visitors, especially during the peak season starting aroundSeptember, according to the VNAT.

Thisyear, Vietnam is striving to serve 110 million tourists, including 8 millionforeigners (the target was set before China, the primary tourist market to Vietnam, announced its reopening in February), and earn around 650 trillion VND(27.6 billion USD) from tourism services./.

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