Hanoi (VNA) – An average monthly rise of 51% was seen in the number of Indian tourists to Vietnam in the first 10months of this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration ofTourism (VNAT).

The administration reported that Vietnam welcomed 20,681Indian visitors in October and 82,066 in the first 10 months of 2022. SinceJuly, the number of Indian tourists to Vietnam each month surpasses the figuresrecorded in 2019.

Notably, searches for Vietnamese destinations from theIndian market are rising quickly, with the volume in October increasing three foldscompared to that in July and doubling that in August. The most searched destinations include Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc, Da Nang, and QuyNhon.

The agency attributed the rise to the results of tourism promotionactivities in the Indian market, along with the launching of many direct airroutes linking the two countries.

In October, the number of foreign tourists rose 12.1% overthe previous month. Tourism revenue in the January-October period reached 425trillion VND (17.08 billion USD), equivalent to 74% of that in the same period of 2019. In the period, the Republic of Korea topped the number of tourists to Vietnam with 26.3% of the totalarrivals.

Data from the travel tracking tool Google DestinationInsights showed that the number of international searches for touristaccommodations in Vietnam in October continued to increase about 20% comparedto September 2022 and 11 times over March.

The top 10 countries with highest searches for Vietnamtourism are the US, Australia, Singapore, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the UK,Malaysia, Thailand and Germany, while the top 10 most searched destinations inVietnam include Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang.

In October, the administration issued licences to 70 travel firms to operateinternational tours, raising their number so far this year to2,816.

At the same time, the global ranking of VNAT’s website vietnam.travelwas advanced to the 166,985th position from 458,550th positionin 2021./.