Tourism growth goal assigned by Gov’t within reach

VGP – The tourism sector may possibly realize this year’s tourism growth rate of 30% as assigned by the Government, according to Nguyen Van Tuan, Director General of the National Administration of Tourism.

October 06, 2017 4:04 PM GMT+7

Statistics showed Viet Nam welcomed over 9.44 million of foreign arrivals in the first nine months of 2017, up 28.4% against the same period last year and meeting 73% of the year target.

The Government last June identified tourism as one of the key driving forces to ensure the overall growth goal of 6.7% this year after the economy only expanded 5.15% and 6.28% in the first two quarters.

Specifically, the Government tasked the tourism sector to achieve growth pace of 30% against 2016 while agriculture, industrial production, construction, and service sectors must obtain growth rates of 3.05%, 7.91%, 10%, and 7.19%, respectively.

Last year, the country lured over 10 million foreign tourists with China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei as the key source markets, accounting up to 54% of the total foreign arrivals.

By Khanh Phuong