Statistics from the VNAT show that in 2018, Vietnam welcomed nearly 3.5 million Korean visitors, a sharp rise from 2.5 million in 2017 and 1.5 million in 2016.

Visitors at Linh Ung Pagoda in Da Nang city.

In the first five months of this year, 1.7 million Korean tourists visited Vietnam, up 22.4 percent over the same period in 2018.

According to the Korean Tourism Organisation’s representative office in Vietnam, Ha Long Bay, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hoi An and Phu Quoc are among the most popular destinations for Korean tourists.

Meanwhile, nearly 500 million Vietnamese tourists visited the RoK in 2018, a rise of about 41 percent over 2017. The RoK Government is applying many measures to attract more Vietnamese visitors.

In order to further promote the market, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien will lead a Vietnamese delegation to visit the RoK, during which a programme to introduce Vietnamese culture and tourism will be held from June 25-30 in Seoul and Daegu.

Earlier, from June 7-9, a VNAT working team attended the Hanatour International Travel Show 2019, which is the largest annual fair of the RoK.

This year, the event had more than 900 booths by a large number of travel firms, hotels and airlines from countries around the world. At the event, the Vietnamese pavilion introduced tourist destinations, tourism policies and events to be held in the future.

HCM City proposes expansion of Can Gio coastal tourist site

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City is seeking approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment to expand the Can Gio coastal tourist site from 600 to 2,870 hectares.

Yen The welcomes over 40,000 tourist arrivals

(BGO) – In the first quarter this year, Yen The district in the northern province of Bac Giang welcomed more than 40,000 tourist arrivals to the local attractions, up thousands of visitors comparing to the figure last year. 

Bac Giang strives to draw 2 million tourist arrivals this year

(BGO) – On March 27, Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee Le Anh Duong, Head of the Steering Board for the provincial tourism development chaired a conference to implement the tourism development task in 2019. 

Tourist arrivals to Hanoi continues to rise in Q1 2019

The number of visitors to Hanoi in the first three months of this year is estimated at more than 7.47 million visitors, a rise of 10.6 percent year-on-year, announced the municipal Department of Tourism. 

Vietnam most vibrant destination for Russian tourists

Russian experts have described Vietnam as the most vibrant destination in Southeast Asia for tourists from the European country over the past two years. 

Source: VNA