Foreign arrivals surge by 6.8 times in six months | Business

Vacationers in Phu Quoc metropolis in Kien Giang province. (Photograph: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The variety of overseas vacationers visiting Vietnam within the first two quarters of 2022 elevated 6.8 occasions
over the identical interval of 2021, reaching 602,000, based on the Basic
Statistics Workplace (GSO).

Guests coming by air accounted for 87% of the overall and 9.4
occasions that of the identical interval final 12 months.

In June alone, Vietnam welcomed practically 237,000 overseas arrivals, up 36.8% in contrast
to the earlier month, and 32.9 occasions that of the identical interval final
12 months.

Statistics present that the income from lodging and catering companies surged
by 20.9% within the first six months, and 80% in June, over the identical interval final
12 months.

In the meantime, the journey service income within the January
– June interval surged by 94.4% over the identical interval final 12 months because of the robust
restoration of tourism actions, particularly the growth of home tourism within the
second quarter. Some localities recording excessive revenues had been Khanh Hoa
(up 627.8%); Can Tho (183.9%), Hanoi (129.3%);
Da Nang (98.5 %); and Quang Nam (67.8 %)

Notably, Hanoi served 8.61 million vacationers within the reviewed interval, incomes 25.2 trillion VND (practically 1.08 billion USD), up 3 times in each quantity
and income towards the identical interval final 12 months.

The tourism sector of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis reported that town welcomed 11
million home holiday-makers and 478,000
foreigners within the intervals, up 43.1% and 100% year-on-year, respectively./.