Vietnam hosted more than 9.2 million international tourists in the first five months of the year, rising by 21.3% against the same time of 2024, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).
According to statistics, in the first two months of 2025, Binh Thuan welcomed over 116,000 international visitors, up 32% year-on-year, with the RoK ranking third in terms of arrivals.
Global searches for Vietnamese accommodation have jumped 15-30% from late November 2024 to January this year compared to 2023. The momentum continued into early February 2025, with searches climbing 30-45%.
Vietnam’s tourism industry achieved a new milestone in January 2025, welcoming 2.1 million international visitors. This marks a 36.9% increase from the same period in 2024 and a 37.8% rise compared to January 2019.
During the nine-day holiday, localities across the country welcomed nearly 12.5 million domestic travellers, a 19% increase from the same period in 2024. Several provinces and cities recorded tourism revenues exceeding 1 trillion VND.
Hanoi ranks seventh among the top 10 domestic destinations for the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2025, according to one of the world's leading online travel platforms Booking.com.
The Vietnamese tourism industry had enjoyed a positive recovery in 2024, becoming a bright spot in the country’s socio-economic landscape. This year, the sector has planned to receive 22-23 million international visitors.
The northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed 73,000 tourists during the 2025 New Year holiday, marking a 20% increase compared to normal days, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.
Vietnam Airlines, in collaboration with the Tourism Departments of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Sai Gon Tourist Group, and Munich Airport recently held a promotion programme in Munich to popularise Vietnam’s tourism and culture and to enhance tourism cooperation with European countries.
Vietnam has been praised internationally for its cultural resources and tourism development, but much still needs to be done to transform cultural resources into tourism value and cultural tourism into a cultural industry.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has affirmed its commitment to attracting 17-18 million international visitors to Vietnam in 2024 by ramping up promotional and marketing efforts during the fourth quarter, with a particular focus on the Indian market, known for high-spending tourists.
Vietnam welcomed 1.43 million international visitors in August, marking a 17.7% increase year-on-year, according to the latest report from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said that from Januaty 1 to July 25 this year, Thailand welcomed more than 20 million international visitors, up 34% compared to the same period last year.
The Tourism Department in the northern province of Ninh Binh and the Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) recently signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for 2024-2030, aiming to attract more train passengers to local destinations.
The central city of Da Nang needs to mobilise resources to offer new products to attract more visitors and keep them there longer, Director of the municipal Department of Statistics Tran Van Vu has said.
Vietnam attracted over 8.8 million international visitors in the first half of 2024, up over 4% from the same period in 2019, the time before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
