This was a record high for international visitors in a month due to the festival season at the beginning of the year with many attractive events for foreigners, the office said.

Foreign tourists visit a shop selling souvenirs of the second summit between the US and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Hanoi on February 27 and 28.

In the first two months of this year, the country welcomed more than 3 million foreign tourists, a year-on-year surge of 8 percent.

Of which, arrivals traveling to Vietnam by air and road increased 5.5 percent year on year to 2.4 million and 29.5 percent to 611,700, respectively. However, those by sea fell 40.7 percent to 54,900 against the same period last year.

Asian visitors reached 2.3 million, accounting for 75.2 percent of total foreign arrivals to Vietnam in the first two months, up 9.4 percent year on year.

Visitors from mainland China were 889,900, the largest number of foreign tourists to Vietnam but the figure was down 1.3 percent year on year. Meanwhile, visitors from the Republic of Korea increased by 24.6 percent to 772,200; from Japan 9.5 percent to 150,800; from Taiwan (China) 27.1 percent to 141,000; from Malaysia 5.3 percent to 91,500; and from Thailand 36.9 percent to 80,000.

European arrivals are estimated at 461,500, up 4.6 percent from the same period last year. Those from America reached 208,600 people, also up 4.6 percent, including 158,100 from the US, an increase of 7 percent.

But visitors from Australia fell 2 percent year-on-year to 88,500 in the first two months.

Vinh Long: unique tourism products key to attract visitors

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is developing standout tourism products to lure more visitors, said Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Thanh Tuan.

 

Agri-tourism attracts more visitors to Mekong Delta

Farmers in the Mekong Delta have developed agri-tourism models that have not only increased their incomes but also contributed to sustainable agriculture and rural development in the area.

 

Yen Tu Spring Festival opens, luring thousands of visitors

Thousands of people have flocked to the northeastern province of Quang Ninh to join in the Yen Tu Spring Festival, which began in Uong Bi city on February 14 or the 10th day of the Lunar New Year. 

 

Dak Lak: Mural Street wows highlands visitors

Tay Nguyen mural street in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has become an attractive destination for many local residents and visitors.

 

Quang Tri aims to attract visitors to sea-island tourism

The central province of Quang Tri is looking to turn sea and island tours, especially to Cua Tung-Cua Viet-Con Co beach tourism triangle, into the major product to lure the highest number of visitors to the locality.

 

Source: VNA