Report 1.44 Million International Visitors To Vietnam In 8 Months

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In the first 8 months of the year, the number from statistics on the number of tourists to Vietnam reached 1.44 million. Although 13.7 times higher than the same period last year, the number still decreased by 87.3% compared to the same period in 2019, when there was no Covid epidemic. However, from now until the end of 2022, this number will certainly increase many times and will exceed the same period in 2019.

Particularly in August, Korea is the country with the most visitors to Vietnam, with more than 173,000 arrivals, accounting for 35.7% of total visitors to Vietnam. Ranked second is the US with more than 139,000 arrivals, an increase of 59.5 times over the same period last year, and ranked third is Cambodia with 82,000 arrivals, an increase of 260 times over the same period in 2021. In addition, Southeast Asian countries are in the top 10 with the most visitors to Vietnam in the first 8 months of the year, including Thailand and Malaysia.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the current short-term goal is that the tourism industry needs to well and thoroughly exploit the opened markets, connect airlines and allow people to travel abroad. Focusing on markets such as Korea, Australia, Japan, and Western Europe, flexibly exploiting new markets such as India, USA, European countries.

Thanks to actively promoting the development of the tourism market, the statistics have increased many times over the previous year. Moreover, the whole industry focuses on promoting key markets and current travel trends to diversify and balance and stabilize among other international markets.