The General Statistics Office said almost 597,000 foreigners visited Vietnam this month, an increase of 39.7 times compared to a year ago.

South Korean children who are about to return home after a tour to Vietnam enjoy a lion dance show at Da Nang International Airport in Da Nang, September 2022.

In the period of January-November, more than 2.95 million visited Vietnam, which is 21.1 times higher than the same period last year but a drop of 81.9% compared to the first 11 months of the pre-pandemic year 2019.

The majority, or more than two million, are from Asian countries, followed by those from Europe, with 415,600, and America with 323,400.

South Korean tourists led with 763,877 visitors, followed by 266,087 Americans and 172,475 Cambodians.

Arrivals by air accounted for about 88.9%. Around 11% traveled by road and the rest by sea.

Accommodation and catering services are estimated to have pocketed VND536.3 trillion in the 11-month period, rising 56.5% against the same period last year, while tourism firms earned around VND22.9 trillion, up 4.1 times.

Vietnam targets to attract five million foreign visitors this year.

The country allowed limited entry to foreign tourists on tour packages from November last year, before opening up on March 15.

Apart from granting visa exemption to 24 tourism markets for stays of 14-90 days, Vietnam only issues a one-month single-entry e-visa to visitors from other countries

Foreign visitor number increases by 38 pct in August

The number of foreign visitors in August increased by 38% from the previous month to 486,400 as the tourism industry continued to recover.

Da Nang welcomes visitors with food festival

A festival titled 'Enjoying Da Nang cuisine and beer space’ took place at Bien Dong (East Sea) Park, Son Tra District, Da Nang City, on July 3-6, bringing local people and visitors many wonderful feelings when coming to the coastal city.

Nearly 30,000 visitors enjoy ripe lychee season

(BGO) – Though the main lychee season has come for about half of month in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province, it has attracted dozens thousand of visitors.

Food festival attract visitors’ attention

A food festival themed “Glorifying the past, shaping the future” has attracted a large number of visitors as part of the Hue Festival 2022.

Number of visitors to Suoi Mo sharply increase on summer

(BGO) - Due to hot weather on this occasion, the number of visitors to Suoi Mo Eco Tourism site sharply increased to about 2,000 tourist arrivals on weekend, many of whom came from Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Quang Ninh and others, reported the Site Management Board.

Source: VnExpress