Foreign tourists visit Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – India climbed into thetop 16 markets with the highest number of visitors to Vietnam in 2019.
In terms of growth, the country ranked thirdwith an increase of 27.7 percent year-on-year to 169,000 tourists, afterThailand (45.9 percent and 510,000 visitors) and Taiwan (29.8 percent and927,000).
Over the past five years, the average growth inthe number of Indian tourists has reached 26.7 percent, from 65,600 in 2015 to169,000 in 2019.
In 2019, low-cost airline VietjetAir launchedtwo direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to New Delhi, becoming thefirst airline connecting the two biggest economic, cultural and tourist centresof Vietnam and the capital of India.
The same year, Indian low-cost airline IndiGolaunched its first direct flights between Kolkata-Hanoi and Kolkata-Ho Chi MinhCity./.
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