Nearly 9 million international visitors to Vietnam
In the first six months of 2024, international arrivals to Vietnam reached more than 8.8 million, an increase of 58.4% over the same period last year. The number of inbound visitors continued to grow significantly compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the General Statistics Office, in June, international visitorsto Vietnam reached more than 1.2 million arrivals, up 28.1% over the same period last year.
In the first 6 months of 2024, our country welcomed a total of more than 8.8 million visitors, an increase of 58.4% over the same period last year and an increase of 4.1% over the same period in 2019 - a year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Compared to the target of 17-18 million international visitors this year, Vietnam tourism has gone halfway. From October every year is the peak season for international visitors, when the tourism industry expects the number of visitors to Vietnam to break out.
In the first 6 months of the year, South Korea remained the largest market with 2.28 million arrivals, up 42.4% over the same period last year. This was followed by the Chinese market with 1.89 million arrivals. The third market was Taiwan (China) with more than 630,000 arrivals.
The list of leading markets for visitors to Vietnam in the first half of this year also includes the US with more than 415,000 arrivals; Japan nearly 336,000 arrivals; Malaysia 254,000 arrivals; Australia 243,000 arrivals; India 239,000 arrivals; Cambodia, Thailand...
In its latest report, VinaCapital expects the number of international tourists to Vietnam to increase by 40% in 2024, after increasing by nearly 250% last year.
The recovery in international tourism is mainly driven by the number of visitors from South Korea and the US, especially the continued recovery of tourists from China after the country relaxed its Zero Covid-19 policy in 2023.
However, if we count June alone, the number of inbound visitors has decreased by 10% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office. Leading markets such as Korea, China, Taiwan (China), Japan... all decreased because it is the low season for international visitors to Vietnam.
On the contrary, due to the peak summer season of domestic tourism, revenue from accommodation and food services nationwide in the first 6 months of the year increased sharply, over 15% compared to the same period last year, estimated at 356.4 trillion VND. Of which, Quang Ninh increased by 25.2%; Da Nang increased by 22.2%; Hai Phong increased by 15%; Hanoi increased by 11.3%; Can Tho increased by 11.2%; Ho Chi Minh City increased by 8.1%...
Tourism revenue in the first 6 months of 2024 is estimated at 29.4 trillion VND, up 37% over the same period in 2023.
