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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

International visitors to Vietnam in 5 months plummeted

The first 5 months of 2015, international visitors to Vietnam decreased 12.6% compared to the same period of 2014, only 2.3 million people. GSO and Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) said.
Most tourists in the major markets fell, while the biggest drop was Traveller Asia, Europe, Russia ...
5 months, international visitors to Vietnam fell by 12.6% yoy.
Asian tourists to Vietnam five months reached 2.15 million, down 12.8%. The decrease was the Chinese market reached 700,000 arrivals, down 29.8%; Japan 270,000 visitors, down 1.1%; Taiwan 175,000 visitors, down 1.5% ...
European tourists were estimated at 525,000 visitors, down 7.3% from the same period of 2014. In particular, arrivals from Russia reached 146,000 visitors, down 16.5%; France 99,000 visitors, down 6%; UK 90,000 people, down 6%; Netherlands 19.0000 arrivals, down 2.9%. Australian tourists reached 135,000 visitors, down 9.3%.
Some countries have increased the number of tourists to our country as the United States reached 215,000 visitors, an increase of 4%. Germany reached 68,000 visitors, an increase of 0.6%; Italy 16,000 people, up 4.5%, South Korea reached 480,000 tourists, up 35.3%; Singapore 86,000 visits, up 6.2%.
According to the General Department of Tourism, the international visitors decreased in recent years is worrying because in the first months of the year is the culmination of the festival. However the traditional festival attracts little international travelers. The promotion of local tourism is slow to reform and development unsustainable. Also, there are many reasons that people of countries (Europe, Japan) are implementing austerity policies because of economic difficulties ... It is expected that the summer from May 6 - 9/2015, international visitors to Vietnam will be outnumbered by the majority of tourists travel to Vietnam to explore, cruise instead of festival tourism, recreation services use impaired.
In May 4/2015, Tourism, said international visitors to Vietnam put a lot of money to buy food, accommodation, travel, rather than using travel services, value-added service of Vietnam Male. According to statistics, foreign tourists have stayed (long-term visit, with hotel room) to give than 33.1% of the costs to pay for their stay; 23.74% for meals, 18.34% for the purchase of goods, souvenirs and 13.35% for sightseeing and traveling. The guidance service cost 4%, recreation accounted 3:56% ...
For international travelers visiting for the day, spend on buying goods and their souvenirs also 31.1%, 27.4% food, while spending on recreation and entertainment accounts for only 5.8% ...
The proportion of international visitors return to Vietnam tourism 2nd upwards reaching 32.9%. This is low compared with the growth rate of international visitors coming back.
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