The ancient city of Hoi An is always an attractive tourist destination for domestic and foreign visitors. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Revenue generated from tourism hit 11.9 trillion VND (509.85 million USD) inthe first seven months of this year, a 2.7-fold rise year-on-year due to thestrong recovery of tourism activities, according to the General StatisticsOffice (GSO).
Some localities recorded a highincrease in tourism revenue in July, including Khanh Hoa province with a riseof 858.4%, Can Tho city by 328.3%, Da Nang city by 284.8%, Hanoi by 216.8% andHo Chi Minh City by 111.4%.
Revenue from accommodation andcatering services in the first seven months of this year was estimated at 324.9trillion VND, up 37.5% year-on-year.
The number of internationalvisitors to Vietnam in July reached 352,600, an increase of 49%compared to the previous month and 47.2 times higher than the same period lastyear.
Vietnam welcomed 954,600foreign visitors from January to July, 10 times higher than the figure in the same period last year.
However, the seven-month number still falls short of the pre-pandemic figure, representing a drop of 90.3%compared to 2019. Visitors coming by airaccounted for 87.1% of the total, 13.5 times higher than the figure of the same period last year.
According to Deputy DirectorGeneral of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Pham Van Thuy, the countryhas set the target of serving about 65 million visitors, including 60 milliondomestic tourists and 5 million foreign ones. Vietnam has so far served about71.8 million domestic visitors, exceeding the set target while the number of internationalvisitors has not reached 1 million.
As the peak season for foreigntourists to Vietnam falls from September this year to April next year, the goalmight be achieved or not depending on many factors, including the pandemicissue, he said.
Thuy went on to say that the tourism industry willcontinue to coordinate with relevant partners in other countries to conductpromotion programmes to realise the desired target./.
