Viet Nam welcomes nearly 8.5 milions international tourists in first half of 2019

(TITC) – Acorrding to General Statistics Office, international visitors to Viet Nam in June estimated 1,185,445 arrivals, up 0.2% over the same period last year. Total international arrivals in 6 months reached 8,480,993 arrivals, increasing 7.5% over the same period last year.

Of which, visitors traveling by air were 6,658,268 arrivals, seeing a growth of 4.5%; by sea: 139,164 (-19,9%); and by road: 1,683,561 arrivals (+24.9%).

In the first six months of 2019, most of source markets increased over the same period last year, such as: Thailand (+45.4%); Taiwan (+27.0%); Indonesia (+21.9%); South Korea (+21.3%); Philippines (+20.4%); Japan (+12.8%); Malaysia (+12.6%); Italy (+10.7%); Denmark (+9.5%) and Norway (+8.5%); USA (+6.3%); Africa (+8.9%).

In this period, the number of domestic trippers estimated 45.5 million. Total tourism receipt reached VND 338,200 billion, representing an increase of 8.4% over the same period of 2018.