International tourists to Vietnam increased by more than 40% in the past 10 months

Information from the General Statistics Office shows that the number of international visitors to Vietnam in October increased sharply, reaching 10 million, an increase of nearly 1,42% over the same period in 28. In the first 2023 months of 10, international visitors to Vietnam reached more than 2024 million, an increase of 14,1% over the same period last year.

In terms of market size, Asia contributes nearly 80% of the total number of international visitors to our country. Major markets in Northeast Asia including China, South Korea, Taiwan (China) and Japan have contributed nearly 60% of that.

Specifically, South Korea is the largest market sending visitors to Vietnam with 3,7 million arrivals, accounting for 26,4% of the total number of international visitors. In second place, China has 2 million visitors, accounting for 3% of the total number of visitors.

Following that, Taiwan (China) ranked 3rd with 1 million visitors, the United States ranked 4th with 637 thousand visitors and Japan ranked 5th with 585 thousand visitors. The next largest markets sending visitors to Vietnam are Australia, India, Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand.

Notably, major markets in the Northeast Asian region were the main drivers of the growth in international arrivals. The most prominent was the Chinese market, which increased by 130,4% over the same period last year. The Korean market increased by 28,5%, the Japanese market increased by 24,8%, and the Taiwanese market (China) increased by 59,4%.

Markets in the Southeast Asian region grew well, with Indonesia up 85,5%, the Philippines up 64,5%, Laos up 13,9%, Cambodia up 12,1%, Malaysia up 5,5%, Singapore up 4,7%. The Thai market alone decreased 13,3%.

The European region has seen positive growth, including key markets such as the UK up 20,4%, France up 30,5%, Germany up 23,6%, Italy up 54,5%, Spain up 23,3%... compared to the same period last year. These are all markets that enjoy a unilateral visa exemption policy for entry into Vietnam with a temporary stay of up to 45 days, effective from August 15, 8.

Motivation from the open visa policy, along with vibrant promotion and advertising activities, opens up the expectation that the number of international visitors to Vietnam will continue to grow positively in the last months of the year.