Inbound tourism rebounds for 6th consecutive month

VGP – Viet Nam welcomed as many as 760,800 foreigners in December, representing a month-on-month surge of 2.6% and year-on-year growth of 15%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

December 28, 2015 2:36 PM GMT+7

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This was the sixth consecutive month the number of foreign visitors to Viet Nam rebounded after 13 straight months of declines.

In 2015, the total number of foreign guests was estimated at 7.9 million, down 0.2% against last year, marking the first decline since 2009.

The number of passengers travelling by air rose 0.8%; by road down 6.5%; and by sea up 27.5%.

Tourist inflows from Asia and America picked up 5% and 17.9%, respectively. However, inbound tourism from the majority of European markets saw a month-on-month decrease, excluding Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Russia.

Visitors from Southeast Asia and China also decreased in comparison with the same period last year./.

By Kim Loan