Foreign visitors will continue to increase by this year end and beyond partly due to the positive visa policy, said an official of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The figure gained a year-on-year surge of 5.1% to 593,566 foreign tourists in July, of 7.5% to 664,985 in August, and 8.3% to 626,324 in September.

After the visa exemption, visitors from the United Kingdom increased by 16%, from Italy by 25%, and from Germany by 15%. Spanish visitors went up by 9%, and visitors from France rose by 8% when compared to the numbers before the visa exemption.

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The growth of visitors from western European supported the growth of foreign visitors to Viet Nam while visitors from China, the largest tourist market of Viet Nam, dropped.

If the recovery continues by this year end, Viet Nam will receive 7.8 million foreign visitors for this whole year, a figure similar to 2014.

(Source: VNA)