Foreign arrivals rise 71.7% over two months

Tuesday, 01-03-2022 / 9:49:31 AM

By : Nguyễn Công Luân

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The number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam during the past two months has risen 71.7% year on year to 49,200, reported the General Statistics Office on February 28.

Vietnam is ready to welcome back foreign visitors when it reopens all borders to international tourism on Mar. 15.

In February alone, Vietnam attracted 29,500 foreign visitors, up 49.6% month on month and up 169.6% year on year.

More than three fifths of the foreign arrivals (32,700) came to Vietnam from Asia, one fifth (10,100) from Europe, and 10% (4,800) from the Americas. The remainders came from Oceania and Africa.

The rise was attributed to the government’s decision to reopen all regular international air routes from 0:00 on February 15.

Statistics from Google Destination Insights show the search of international tourists for Vietnamese airlines and tourist accommodation has since December 2021 increased by over 75%, the highest increase reported globally. Following Vietnam were Australia, Chile, Croatia and New Zealand with increases of between 25% to 50%.

Most of the searches for Vietnamese tourism came from the United States, Australia, Russia, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Canada, India, the United Kingdom.