International tourist arrivals to Viet Nam exceeded 1 million again in October, an increase of 5% over September and 24.7% from the same period last year, according to the Vietnamese General Statistics Office.

It was the 7^th month since the beginning of this year Viet Nam has welcomed more than 1 million foreign visitors.

The highest growth was seen in travellers from Asia with 29.4%, followed by those from Africa (23.6%) and Oceania (20.7%).

A total of more than 10.47 million foreigners has visited the country over the past 10 months, up 28.1% against the same period last year, with the biggest increase of 32.8% reported in Asian visitors. Tourists from the Republic of Korea rose by 53.9%, the highest jump during the period while Chinese came second with a surge of 45.6%.

The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism has made every effort to boost tourism since early this year.  It has held promotion events in Australia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and other countries over the last 3 months.

The Administration will also take advantage of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 as an opportunity to promote Viet Nam’s image to international friends.

Viet Nam aims for an increase of 30% in international tourist arrivals, or 13 of million foreigners, by the end of this year.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)