Vietnam tourism suffers decline

HANOI Vietnam National Administration of Tourism estimates the country welcomed 608,617 international travellers in November representing a decline of 16.7% over the same month last year.
Thailand’s outbound trips to Vietnam slipped off the top 10 list recording 15,550 trips, down a massive 39.3%.
China continued to head the list of Vietnam’s top source markets with 129,672 visits, despite a decrease of 31.9%. Other top performers were South Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States.
Neighbouring Cambodia, in sixth place, supplied 32,131 trips representing a decrease of 9.2% over the same month last year.
inside no 2 All of the country’s top markets are in the Asia/Pacific region with the exception of Russia (fourth), the US (fifth), and France (10th).
The bulk of arrivals in November (492,188) passed through the two main aviation gateways Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
However, Danang is now gaining more tourists as more international airlines serve the city, which is the gateway to Hoi An and coastal resorts in the central region.
For January to November, this year, Vietnam recorded 7,217,008 tourist arrivals increasing 5.4% over the same period last year.
VNAT updated its data on its website, Monday, sourced from the government statistics office.

sourced:ttrweekly.com