Vietnam is expected to welcome over one million foreign arrivals in the first month of 2017, up 12.3 percent from the previous month, said Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
The figure posted a year-on-year increase of over 26 percent, said VNAT.
In January, Vietnam witnessed growth in number of international tourists from most of its markets, including China (up 67.9 percent year-on-year), Laos (41.7 percent), Rusia (36.5 percent), Belgium (27.6 percent), Sweden (27.3 percent), Spain (27.2 percent) and the Netherlands (24 percent) among others. Meanwhile, it is estimated that the number of the country's total domestic travelers hit 5.7 million person-times in the first month of this year.
As such, Vietnam's total revenue from tourism reached 38.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.73 billion U.S. dollars) in January, up 28.5 percent year-on-year.
This year, Vietnam targeted to welcome 11.5 million person-times of foreign visitors and serve 66 million domestic travelers, pocketing 460 trillion Vietnamese dong (20.63 billion dollars) in tourism revenue, said the administration.
Tourism is expected to contribute 10 percent to Vietnam’s gross domestic product by 2020 when the country expects to receive up to 20 million foreign visitors and earn $35 billion in tourism revenue.
In January, Vietnam witnessed growth in number of international tourists from most of its markets, including China (up 67.9 percent year-on-year), Laos (41.7 percent), Rusia (36.5 percent), Belgium (27.6 percent), Sweden (27.3 percent), Spain (27.2 percent) and the Netherlands (24 percent) among others. Meanwhile, it is estimated that the number of the country's total domestic travelers hit 5.7 million person-times in the first month of this year.
As such, Vietnam's total revenue from tourism reached 38.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.73 billion U.S. dollars) in January, up 28.5 percent year-on-year.
This year, Vietnam targeted to welcome 11.5 million person-times of foreign visitors and serve 66 million domestic travelers, pocketing 460 trillion Vietnamese dong (20.63 billion dollars) in tourism revenue, said the administration.
Tourism is expected to contribute 10 percent to Vietnam’s gross domestic product by 2020 when the country expects to receive up to 20 million foreign visitors and earn $35 billion in tourism revenue.
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