Foreign tourists visit Hanoi's Old Quarter. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam accommodated more than 6.2 million international visitors in the first four monthsof this year, up 68.3% year on year and 3.9% compared to the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on April 29.
In April alone, the country welcomed nearly 1.6 million foreign visitors, an increase of 58.2% over thesame period last year.
Favourable visapolicies and attractive tourism stimulus programmes were attributed to the increase in the number of foreignvisitors to Vietnam, according to the GSO.
Of the international tourist arrivals inthe past four months, 87.7% travelled by air, 13.8% by land, and 2.5% by sea.
Revenue from accommodation and foodservices in the period was estimated to reach 237.3 trillion VND (9.36 billionUSD), an increase of 15.3% over the same period last year while travel tourismrevenue was estimated at 19.4 trillion VND, marking a year-on-year increase of49.3%./.
