Foreign arrivals to Viet Nam surpassed 6.7 million in the five months of this year, up 27.6 per cent annually, the General Statistics Office announced on Tuesday.
Phu Quoc Island hopes to attract more than 1.8 million visitors this year, an increase of 25.5 per cent over last year, according to local authorities.
About 2.45 million international visitors arrived in Viet Nam, 19.9 per
cent higher than the same period of last year, reported from the General
Statistics Office (GSO).
International visitors to Viet Nam in August reached an estimated
665,000, surging 12 per cent against last month and 7.5 per cent against
the same period last year, data from the General Statistics Office
(GSO) revealed.
Nearly 57,100 international tourists travelled to Phu Quoc island in
Kien Giang Province in the first quarter of this year, up 33 per cent
against the same time last year.
The number of foreign arrivals in Viet Nam in March is estimated at
709,700, down 15.7 per cent compared to last month, but up 20.8 per cent
year over last year.
The People''s Committee of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho
has set a target of attracting 1.3 million tourists, including 300,000
foreign arrivals, in 2014, which is 4 per cent higher than 2013.