As many as 3.37 million Chinese visited Vietnam in the first eight months this year, down slightly 0.9% from the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).Chinese visotors still account for the lion's share among Vietnam's tourist markets, making up 29.8% of the total foreign tourist arrivals in the eight-month period.
During January – August period of this year, the number of Asian arrivals to Vietnam made up 78.1% of the total and experienced the fastest growth. Arrivals from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore surged 22.5%, 13.7%, 27.1%, 14.6%, 46.3%, and 5.1%, respectively
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The number of tourists from Europe was estimated to grow 5.3% year-on-year, with arrivals from Russia increasing 5.7%, Germany 5.6%, and the UK 4.5%.
Vietnam welcomed 676,000 visitors from the Western Hemisphere in in the January – August period, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year. Of the amount, 520.400 were from the US, up 7.1%.
Meanwhile, the number of visitors from Oceania slipped 1.5% to 296,000.
Of the foreign visitors in the eight months this year, 8.9 million came to Vietnam by air, up 5.6%, 2.2 million by road, up 24.9% and 171.800 by sea, down 6%.
