Foreign arrivals surge 32%

International arrivals in Vietnam are estimated at over 2.5 million in the first six months of the year, representing an increase of 32 percent over the same period last year.

The General Statistics Office has reported surges in all traditional markets, with China making the strongest growth at 92.5 percent, followed by Cambodia, almost 89 percent, the Republic of Korea and Thailand, both over 28 percent, and Australia, close to 26 percent.

Domestic vacation makers also show a positive trend, numbering almost 14.8 million in the first half of the year or more than 10 percent over the corresponding period last year.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is working out special programmes to tap major occasions in the rest of the year, especially celebrations of the Thang Long-Hanoi millennium anniversary in October. Its scheme is to culminate in the biggest sale-off campaign in August and September, offering discounts of between 10 and 40 percent for tourists.

Tags: foreign tourists to Vietnam, Vietnam Tourism

Posted by VBN on Jun 26 2010. Filed under Tourism, Trade, Price and Tourism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry