Tourists enjoy the sunset on Long Beach in the resort island of Phu Quoc. (Photo: VNA)The May figure was 12.8 times higher than that of the samemonth last year, the GSO said.
The number of international visitors rose 4.5-foldyear-on-year in the first five months of 2022 but was still 95 percent lowerthan the pre-pandemic corresponding period of 2019.
A majority of the foreigners (87.8 percent) travelled toVietnam by air from January-May.
Five-month earnings from tourism surged 34.7 percent againsta year earlier as a result of strong recovery of tourism activities and SEAGames 31, the region’s largest sports event which attracted thousands ofathletes, coaches, officials and spectators from other Southeast Asiancountries.
Vietnam has moved up eight places on the 2021 Tourism and TravelDevelopment Index (TTDI), according to a report recently released by the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF).
Thailand's athletes visit the Temple of Literature complex when they are in Hanoi for SEA Games 31 competitions earlier this month. (Photo: VNA)Indonesiaand Saudi Arabia also had great improvements in rank, with an increase of 3.4percent to the 32nd place and 2.3 percent to the 33rd place, respectively, thereport said.
The WEF report shows that Vietnam’s improved rankings haveresulted from its achievements in COVID-19 prevention, measures of safe andflexible adaptation to the pandemic, and continuous efforts to develop safetourism./.
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