Between January and April of this year, 6.2 million foreign travelers arrived in the country, representing a year-on-year increase of 68.3 percent, according to statistics from the National Tourism Administration released here Monday.
This result is due to the favorable visa policy applied by the Vietnamese government, as well as the tourism stimulus programs that continue to demonstrate their effectiveness by attracting a relatively high number of visitors to Vietnam, compared to the same period last year, he said. the fountain.
Since August 15, 2023, Vietnam began issuing electronic visas to citizens of all countries and increased their validity period from 30 to 90 days. In addition, it increased the authorization for temporary stays from 15 to 45 days for travelers from unilaterally visa-exempt countries.
At the end of the first quarter of 2024, Vietnam had received more than 4.6 million foreign travelers, 72 percent more than the same period in 2023 and just over three percentage points compared to the number served before the scourge of the pandemic. Covid-19 pandemic.
International tourist arrivals exceed 1.5 million per month and show a tendency to increase, as noted at the time by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which also praised the fact that the main source markets have largely recovered. , completely.
According to the portfolio, it is expected that this growth rate will be maintained in the coming months and will allow us to achieve the goal of receiving 18 million foreign visitors in 2024.
The ministry itself confirmed that South Korea, China, Taiwan (China), the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, India and Cambodia constitute the 10 largest source markets for the sector, which reached total revenues of about eight thousand 100 million. of dollars in the first quarter of the current year.
In 2023, Vietnam received 12.6 million international visitors, which represented an increase of almost 3.5 times compared to 2022.
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