On Ba Den mountain, Tay Ninh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Total revenue from domestic and foreign tourists in the first two months of 2023 reached 85.6 trillion VND (over 3.6 billion USD), the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) reported on March 2.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached nearly 933,000 in February, most of them were from the Republic of Korea,the US, Taiwan (China), China, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia andAustralia.
The number of domestictourists during the month was estimated at 7 million, about 4.6 million of them had at least one night's stay.
On a two-monthcalculation, Vietnam served 1.8 million foreign tourists and 20 million domesticvisitors.
As China reopenedoutbound tours from January 8, 2023, VNAT launched a number ofactivities to welcome Chinese holidaymakers to Vietnam.
On the sidelines of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023in Indonesia, VNAT leaders held a working session with a delegation from theChinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during which they proposed that Chinaconsider adding Vietnam to the list of pilot destinations for Chinese touriststo travel in groups.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, China was the largest source of tourists to Vietnam,recording over 5.8 million arrivals in 2019. The figure trended up, from 23% in2015 to 32% in 2019.
At present,VNAT is actively working with the Vietnam Tourism Development SupportFund and the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany to best preparefor its participation in the ITB Berlin 2023 – the world’s leading travel tradeshow, from March 7-9, 2023.
Vietnam’sstall will cover a site of 450sq.m at the event, apart from sideline tourism promotionactivities./.
