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Vietnam gets nearly 10M foreign tourists in 2024
Vietnam received 1.15 million foreign visitors in July, up 11% year-on-year, taking its total for the year to 9.98 million.
South Korea continued to be the top source of tourists during the seven months, with 2.59 million, followed by mainland China (2.1 million), Taiwan (731,000), the U.S. (478,000), and Japan (380,000), according to data from the General Statistics Office.
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Foreign tourists at a beach club in central Quang Nam Province, April 2024. |
The top 10 was rounded off by Australia (281,270), Malaysia (281,096), India (271,000), Cambodia (260,000), and Thailand (247,000).
But the July figure was down 10% from the previous month and the lowest this year as the low season for international tourism began.
During a meeting in July Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the ministries of public security and foreign affairs to consider waiving visas for national of several countries to foster tourism recovery.
Vietnam now waives visas for nationals of 25 countries compared to 162 by Malaysia and Singapore, 157 by the Philippines and 93 by Thailand.
Thailand saw over 20 million foreign arrivals in January-July.
Capella Hanoi and Sofitel Legend Metropole in Hanoi were named among the 20 best hotels in Asia as voted by readers of American magazine Travel+Leisure.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered the ministries of public security and foreign affairs to consider waiving visas for several countries to boost tourism recovery.
The New York-based travel magazine Travel + Leisure has named Quang Binh Province of Vietnam one of the 13 most beautiful places in the world, announced by the Quang Binh Provincial Department of Tourism on July 17.
Vietnamese citizens traveling to Thailand will be granted a 60-day visa-free period.
BAC GIANG- In recent years, the tourist sites and destinations in the province have been paid arduous attention and invested, which have gradually attracted more visitors.
Source: VnExpress
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