Tourism Indochina: World Tourism News: Vietnam to receive near 4 mln foreign tourists in 7 months

Vietnam to receive near 4 mln foreign tourists in 7 months

HANOI, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is expected to welcome more than 3.83 million foreign visitors in the first seven months of 2012, a 10.8 percent increase over the same period last year, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on Friday.

Of the figure, over 3.2 million visitors came to Vietnam by air, accounting for nearly 84 percent of the total number of foreign visitors to Vietnam and an increase of 10.5 percent year-on-year.

The number of tourists arriving by sea is forecast to see the highest increase of 55 percent, reaching over 38,600 person-times while over 578,500 visitors arrived in Vietnam by land.

China, South Korea, Japan and the United States remained the leading markets for the Vietnamese tourism.

During the period, the market saw a strong growth in number of Japanese and South Korean tourists with 21 percent and 38 percent year-on-year, respectively.

In July alone, the country is expected to receive about 466,000 international tourists, up 11.6 percent over June but down 7.9 percent year-on-year.

Since July 1, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has officially opened counters to refund Value Added Tax (VAT) to foreign visitors at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports. This is one of the measures to boost the sale of goods and promote the country's tourism sector.

This year, Vietnam set target of receiving 6.5 million foreign visitors and 32 million domestic travelers with the revenue of 150 trillion Vietnamese dong (7.2 billion U.S. dollars).

Source: Xinhua/27July2012

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