Tourism revenue in first nine months increases 2.8 percent

NDO – The tourism sector raked in VND 269 trillion in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam welcomed 5.68 million international tourists in the period, down by 5.9% from the same period last year.

The inflow of visitors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) recorded the highest increase at 31.4%. This was followed by Hong Kong (China) (17.3%), Singapore (16.9%), Spain (8.7%), Taiwan (China) (8.4%), Finland (8%), the US (7%), Italy (5.7%), Malaysia (3.3%), Netherlands (3.2%), Japan (2.6%) and Germany (2.1%).

Meanwhile, the number of domestic visitors in the first nine months of 2015 reached 48.8 million.

According to the General Statistics Office, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in September reached over 626,000, down by 5.8% from August but a year-on-year increase of 8.3%.

Vietnam’s visa exemptions to people of five European countries – the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – contributes to bringing more tourists to the country, according to Department of Tourism Director Nguyen Van Tuan.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to co-ordinate with relevant agencies and localities to actively launch and implement tourism stimulus programmes to attract more tourists from five Western European countries – Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belarus – to Vietnam.

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