Vietnam’s tourism grows in May

HANOI : Vietnam National Administration of Tourism estimates the country welcomed 674,204 international travellers in May representing an increase of 20.66% over the same month last year.
Thailand’s outbound trips to Vietnam ranked eighth with 27,148 trips increasing 27.57% over the same month in 2013.
China continued to lead for the fifth month of the year with 194,018 visits growing 30.56% followed by South Korea, Japan, Cambodia and Taiwan.
All of the country’s top markets are in the Asia/Pacific region with exception of the US (seventh) and Russia (10th).
The bulk of arrivals in May (531,367) passed through the two main aviation gateways Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
VNAT updated its data on website, late last week, sourced from the government statistic office.

Sourced: ttrweekly