Tourism sector sees strong growthVietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreigners visiting Viet Nam in August reached 899,700 arrivals, an increase of 34.4 per cent over the same period last year, according to Viet Nam’s General Statistics Office. In the past eight months, tourists from China topped the tourist markets, with 1.75 million arrivals, followed by South Korea (one million), Japan (482,300), U.S. (386,800), Taiwan (341,200) and Australia (219,000). The number of domestic tourists totaled 43.1 million in the first eight months, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism. Over the first eight months, revenue from the tourism sector was estimated at VND265.15 trillion (US$11.83 billion), an increase of 22.5 per cent compared to the same period last year. The tourism sector has targeted receiving 8.5 million international tourist arrivals this year, a year-on-year increase of 600,000.

Source: VietNamNet News September 05, 2016 07:30 UTC