Vietnam welcomed more than 610,000 foreign visitors in April,
representing a year-on-year decrease of 2.4 percent, according to the
General Statistics Office.
The figure brought the total
number of foreign arrivals to the country to more than 2.4 million in
the first four months, the Office said.
Of the total, 1.5
million arrived in the country for holiday, down 3.8 percent; 407,000
for business purposes, down 5.4 percent, and 401,000 for visiting
relatives, down 9.1 percent and 120,000 for other purposes.
Vietnam’s major tourism markets saw impressive growth, including
Russia , up 51 percent, Thailand, 32.5 percent, Indonesia, 26.4
percent, New Zealand, up 20.9 percent and Malaysia, 7.1 percent.
Of the total foreign travellers to Vietnam, 545,500 visitors came from
China, 280,000 from the Republic of Korea, 205,000 from Japan, 165,000
from the US and 119,000 from Russia.-VNA