The General Statistics Office said that thanks to favorable visa policies, tourism stimulus programs as well as the efforts of the government and tourism businesses, the number of international visitors to Vietnam in March reached nearly 6 million people, an increase of 78.6% over the same period last year.

The number of visitors reached more than 4.6 million, an increase of 72% over the same period in 2023 and an increase of 3.2% over the same period in 2019.

In the first quarter of 2024, Asia is still Vietnam's largest visitor source with more than 3.52 million arrivals, accounting for 75.8%. Korea still leads the market sending the largest visitors to Vietnam in 3 months with more than 1.2 million visits, equal to 150% over the same period last year.

The number of visitors reached more than 4.6 million, an increase of 72% over the same period in 2023 and an increase of 3.2% over the same period in 2019. Photo: Linh Huynh

Second is mainland China, with nearly 890,000 visits, 6.4 times higher than in 2023. The top 10 markets sending visitors to Vietnam in the first 3 months of the remaining year include Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, India, the US, and Australia.

Most visitors come to Vietnam by air, with more than 3.9 million arrivals in the first quarter of this year. Visitors arriving by sea reached more than 136,000 arrivals and by land nearly 630,000 arrivals, both increasing from 1.6 to 4 times compared to the same period last year.

The number of Vietnamese leaving the country in March reached nearly 548,000, an increase of nearly 43% over the same period last year. In the first quarter, the number of Vietnamese visitors abroad reached 1.2 million, an increase of 11.5% over the same period in 2023.

According to the General Statistics Office assessment, the tourism industry should create more unique tourism products to serve and retain visitors to stay longer.

Also according to the General Statistics Office, tourism and trade promotion activities helped the service sector increase by 6.12% in the first quarter of the year, contributing more than 52.2% to GDP.

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