Illustrative image (Photo: thanhnien.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The search volume of accommodations in Vietnam is risingrapidly, ranking 11th in the world, indicating a strong recovery indemand for tourism in the country, reported theVietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on May 11.
Accordingly, Vietnamis in the group of nations with a growth rate from 10% to 25%. The top countries includeItaly, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, the US, France, Canada, theNetherlands, and the Philippines.
In SoutheastAsia, Vietnam and the Philippines are the two countries in the top group in theworld. Other countries rank quite far behind, namely Thailand in the 24th place, Singapore 33rd, Indonesia 44th and Malaysia 45th.
The biggest sources of search about Vietnam’stourism include the US, Japan, Australia, Singapore, India, Thailand, France, Germany, the UK,and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
In the firstfour months of this year, Vietnam welcomed nearly 3.7 million foreign visitors,surpassing the total number for the whole year of 2022 and achieving nearly a halfof the 2023 target. With these positive results and the trend of growing demand,the international tourism market still has high potential for strong growth,especially during the peak season in the last months of this year.
Currently, the RoKremains the biggest source of tourist arrivals to Vietnam, followed by the US. Althoughthe Chinese market has just returned, it is already in the third position and expectedto recover faster than other markets due to its big market size, especiallyfrom the summer of 2023 and the last months of this year.
Meanwhile, the Australian and Indian markets have opportunities to increase the number of visitors toVietnam, as Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have just opened direct flights connectingmajor cities of the two countries. In Southeast Asia, Thailand andCambodia are recovering well, equivalent to the pre-COVID-19 level./.
