Foreign visitors increase 50% in May

VGP - The number of foreign visitors to Việt Nam in May increased by half against last May to some 440,000, raising the total from the beginning of this year to 2.2 million, 37% higher than the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

June 01, 2010 5:44 PM GMT+7

Foreign visitors to Lào Cai Province

Most visitors came from China, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, France, Malaysia, and the

Visitors from China went up sharply by 111%. Some specialists attributed the sharp increase in number of Chinese guests to several promotion campaigns launched recently in some densely-populated cities.

Hồ Chí Minh City attracted the biggest number of international arrivals, 1.3 million, making up half of the country’s total visitors.

The tourism sector should seize opportunities to launch promotion and marketing campaigns to attract more visitors, especially through big cultural events such as the National Culture Week in the northern province of Thái Nguyên, and the 1,000^th founding anniversary of Thăng Long-Hà Nội, the specialists said.

By Ngọc Vân