Earnings from tourism grow 26.7 percent in five months
Vietnam earned 212.2 trillion VND (9.34 billion USD) from tourism in the first five months of 2017, an increase of 26.7 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.
Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam earned 212.2 trillion VND (9.34 billion USD) from tourism in the firstfive months of 2017, an increase of 26.7 percent from the same period lastyear, according to the General Statistics Office.
Internationalarrivals to the country reached more than 5.25 million during the period, up29.6 percent year on year, while tourist attractions across the countrywelcomed 34.2 million domestic visitors.
The country receivedsome 973,000 foreign travellers in May, down 9.2 percent from April and up 26.8percent year on year. Most of them came from China (up 55.5 percent), theRepublic of Korea (up 140.9 percent), Taiwan (up 22.6 percent), and Russia (up52.8 percent).-VNA
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Nearly three million foreign visitors have arrived in Hanoi from the outset of 2015, rising 14 percent from the same period last year, Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Do Dinh Hong said
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Foreign visitors tour Hue city (Photo: VNA) 
