The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Tourists in Phu Quoc city in Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 timesover the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the GeneralStatistics Office (GSO).
Visitors coming by air accounted for 87% of the total and 9.4times that of the same period last year.
In June alone, Vietnam welcomed nearly 237,000 foreign arrivals, up 36.8% comparedto the previous month, and 32.9 times that of the same period lastyear.
Statistics show that the revenue from accommodation and catering services surgedby 20.9% in the first six months, and 80% in June, over the same period lastyear.
Meanwhile, the travel service revenue in the January– June period surged by 94.4% over the same period last year thanks to the strongrecovery of tourism activities, especially the boom of domestic tourism in thesecond quarter. Some localities recording high revenues were Khanh Hoa(up 627.8%); Can Tho (183.9%), Hanoi (129.3%);Da Nang (98.5 percent); and Quang Nam (67.8 percent)
Notably, Hanoi served 8.61 million tourists in the reviewed period, earning 25.2 trillion VND (nearly 1.08 billion USD), up three times in both numberand revenue against the same period last year.
The tourism sector of Ho Chi Minh City reported that the city welcomed 11million domestic holiday-makers and 478,000foreigners in the periods, up 43.1% and 100% year-on-year, respectively./.
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The number of visitors to the resort island of Phu Quoc, the southern province of Kien Giang, surged strongly in June, with around 140 flights and over 40 ferries and boats carrying tens of thousands of tourists to and from the island each day.
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Tourists in Phu Quoc city in Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA) 
