Chinese tourists top list of foreign visitors to Vietnam

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Chinese tourists top list of foreign visitors to Vietnam

Friday, September 29,2017

AsemconnectVietnam - Chinese and Korean tourists have continued to take the lead in the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam. During the first nine months of the year Vietnam had over 2.9 million arrivals, surpassing last year’s figure, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnam also saw an impressive growth of ROK visitors with a rise of 51%. In the first nine months, the country welcomed 1.7 million of Korean tourists, an increase of more than 170,000 compared to the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the number of Russian visitors to the country reached more than 420,000 against last year’s figure of 434,000.

Quang Ninh, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc are the favorite holiday destinations for foreign visitors.

Vietnam is currently launching tourism promotion activities by advertising new destinations for visitors from China, the ROK and Russia and diversifying their tourism products.

In the reviewed period, the total number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam surged 28% to 9.4 million compared to last year’s corresponding period.

The number of visitors travelling by air increased 31% to 8 million while tourists arriving by road jumped nearly 30%. The number of visitors traveling by sea decreased more than 6%.

Source: vov.vn

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