Foreign visitors to Vietnam rise sharply

The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in August rose by 38 percent from a year earlier, reaching more than 430,000 despite the off-season.

According to the General Statistic Office, most of Vietnam’s major tourist markets still maintain high growth, with Cambodia topping the list (247 percent), followed by China (101 percent), Australia (over 77 percent) and Thailand (over 74 percent).

Since the beginning of the year, the country has welcomed 3.3 million international visitors, a year-on-year increase of 35 percent.

The experts forecast that the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam would continue to increase from now to the end of the year due to various important celebrations in the country including the 1000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 2010 International Yacht Festival in Mui Ne, the southern province of Binh Thuan.

As part of the tourism stimulus programme which a sales campaign will be launched in Ho Chi Minh City with estimated discounts of 10-50 percent. – VOV

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