Vietnam records over 1.44 million int’l arrivals in eight months | Travel

Guests to the VinWonders advanced in Nha Trang metropolis. (Supply: tuoitre.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has welcomed greater than 1.44
million worldwide arrivals within the first eight months of 2022, a 13.7-fold rise from a 12 months earlier, due to the reopening to international vacationers and the
resumption of worldwide air routes, information confirmed.

Nonetheless, the determine nonetheless nosedived 87.3% in comparison with the
similar interval of 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the Common Statistics Workplace (GSO) stated on August 29.

Of the worldwide arrivals, 88.2% got here to Vietnam by air,
up 18.5 instances, whereas 11.8% by highway and 0.03% by sea.

Asian
guests made up the bulk with practically 997,000 arrivals, accounting for 69.18%
of the whole within the eight months. Notably, the variety of Korean guests
surged 17.61-fold 12 months on 12 months to make this Northeast Asian nation the largest
supply of worldwide arrivals in Vietnam.

The
GSO famous in August alone, worldwide arrivals have numbered 486,400,
growing 38% from July and 52.3-fold 12 months on 12 months.

The
eight-month tourism income is estimated at 15.4 trillion VND (657.4 million
USD), 3.4 instances as excessive as in the identical interval final 12 months, on account of sturdy
tourism restoration, particularly home tourism. However the takings are equal
to simply 47.7% of the determine in the identical interval of 2019.

Vietnam
targets welcoming 5 million worldwide arrivals in 2022./.