Nation welcomes six millionth visitor
VGP – Mr. Curvalle Bernard Francois, a French tourist became the six millionth international visitor to arrive in Việt Nam in 2011.
Mr. Curvalle Bernard Francois (3rd from R), the six millionth foreign visitor to Việt Nam in 2011, Hạ Long city, 2011 – Photo: VNA |
So far, the tourism industry has outstripped the preset target of receiving 5.5 million guests. It made spectacular progress in the last two months.
The lucky visitor was presented a free tour for two people to Đà Nẵng and Hội An ancient town.
On this occasion, Ms. Zhang Dongmei, a Chinese tourist became the 5,999,999th guest to Việt Nam.
In 2011, the tourism industry provides services to 30 million domestic guests and earned VND 130,000 billion.
The number of foreign arrivals to Việt Nam through years
- 1990: 250,000
- 1994: 1 million
- 2000: 2 million
- 2005: 3 million
- 2008: 4 million
- 2011: 6 million
By Kim Loan