Vietnam greets 3.7 million foreign tourists in four months
Nearly 3.7 million foreign tourists travelled to Vietnam in the first four months of 2023, accordiing to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Visitors on a double-decker bus tour around Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam Plus)
Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 3.7 million foreign touriststravelled to Vietnam in the first four months of 2023, according to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism(VNAT).
The number of domestic tourists during the period waℱs estimated at 38 million.
Total revenue from tourists was estimated at 196.6 trillion VND (8.3 billion USD).
Of the total visitors, up to 88.7% travelled by air, 10.1% by road, and 1.2% by sea.
In April alone, Vietnam welcomed 984,000 international travellers,the highest figure from the beginning of this year and an increase of 9.9% fromthe previous month. The country served 10.5 million domestic tourists in the month.
The Republic of Korea remains Vietnam's biggest tourism marketin the first four months of this year with one million visitors, followedby the US with 263,000 and China with 252,000 travellers.
The number of Chinese tourists to Vietnam in April was 112,000,up 61.5% from the previous month thanks to China’s border reopening to grouptours from March 15.
Revenues from accommodation and catering services between Januaryto April are estimated to reach 214.8 trillion VND, representinga year-on-year increase of 25.%.
Meanwhile, thanks to exciting cultural and tourism activities taking place in many localities in the early months of the year across localities, travel revenue was estimated at 9.1 trillion VND, nearly 2.1 times higher than the same period last year.
Foreign visitors enjoy luxury service in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
This year, Vietnam is striving to serve 110 million tourists, including 8 million foreigners, and earn around 650 trillion VND from tourism services.
According to VNAT, thescreening of the film “A tourist’s guide to love” which was shot in Vietnam hasattracted the attention of audience around the world. The film features thebeauty of local landscapes along with the beauty of Vietnamese people andculture at six main locations namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City; Da Nang; Hoi An,My Son (Quang Nam) and Ha Giang.
It ranks third in the list of globally most-watched movies onNetflix with 13.4 million viewing hours.
The film not onlypopularises the image of Vietnam's beauty to i𝔉nternational friends, but alsoinspires international tourists to come to Vietnam immediately, the VNATsaid./.
Vietnam welcomed over 2.35 million international visitors in the first 10 months of this year, 18.8 times higher than the figure in the same period last year, but still down 83.7% compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019.
The northern province of Quang Ninh held a ceremony on January 22, the first day of the Year of the Cat, to welcome the lunar new year's first group of foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay – a world natural heritage site recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam in February reached 933,000, up 7.1% compared to January, according to the latest report from the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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Visitors on a double-decker bus tour around Hanoi (Photo: Vietnam Plus) 
Foreign visitors enjoy luxury service in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
