International arrivals to Vietnam continue to reach over 1 million

According to data released by the General Statistics Office on October 29, international visitors to Vietnam in October reached more than 1 million, an increase of 5% compared to September.

This is also the 7th month since the beginning of 2017 that the number of international visitors to Vietnam has reached over 1 million people/month.

Compared to the same period in 2016, the number of tourists to Vietnam in October increased by 24.7%, of which visitors from Asia increased by 29.4%, from Europe increased by 8.3%, from America increased by 8%, from Oceania increased by 20.7%, from Africa increased by 23.6%.

Thus, in the 10 months of 2017, international visitors to Vietnam are estimated to reach more than 10.47 million, an increase of 28.1% over the same period in 2016.

In the 10 months, arrivals from Asia increased by 32.8% over the same period last year, with arrivals from most major markets increasing.

International tourists visit Hoi An Ancient Town. (Photo: Tran Le Lam/VNA)

The number of visitors from China increased by 45.6%; from Korea by 53.9%; from Japan by 7.7%; from Malaysia by 17.2%; from Thailand by 12.7%; from Singapore by 7.8%...

Visitors from Europe in the past 10 months also increased by 18.1% over the same period last year, with the strongest increase coming from visitors from Russia (up 38.3%).

Visitors from Western European countries that Vietnam exempts visas from, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy, also increased, with the highest number coming from Spain (up 20.6%). Visitors from the Americas also increased by 10.4% compared to the same period last year...

To achieve these results, since the beginning of 2017, the General Department of Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) has focused on implementing synchronous solutions, focusing on tourism promotion campaigns in key markets.

The tourism industry also participates in many international tourism fairs, organizing to welcome international delegations from potential markets to survey Vietnam tourism.

In particular, during the 3-month peak period from August to October, the General Department of Tourism organizes many programs to promote and introduce Vietnamese tourism in markets such as Australia, Japan, 3 countries in the ASEAN region (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia); 4 Nordic countries (Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden) and European countries...

During the remaining time of 2017, the tourism industry is urgently implementing many specific and feasible solutions to complete the 30% growth target, welcoming 13 million visitors to Vietnam.

In particular, the tourism industry focuses on attracting visitors from nearby markets with great growth potential such as China, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, and Russia.

On the other hand, the tourism industry also takes advantage of the opportunity from the APEC 2017 Summit Week taking place in Da Nang to promote Vietnam's image to international friends, creating a lasting impression and brand for Vietnamese tourism./.

According to VNA