Tourism to Vietnam is increasing statistics show. Figures taken from in January to May 2022 indicate that the number of international visitors to Vietnam has increased compared to the same period last year. Vietnam welcomes tourists from all over the world with the majority coming from Korea and the US.
According to travel and tourism companies, although the market is gradually moving, there are signs of recovery in the flow of international visitors to Vietnam after two positive months, especially since Vietnam lifted passenger requirements.
The National Administration of Tourism released figures showing that the 172,900 international visitors entering in May 2022, a 70.6% increase compared to April and 12.8 times higher than the same period last year. When Vietnam re-opened borders in March 2022 it welcomed about 41,700 visitors, in April, this number jumped to 101,400 and by the end of May, welcomed 172,900 visitors.
Statistics released also show that most visitors to Vietnam are nationals of Korea and the US. Korean visitors reached 28,600 arrivals, up 195.1% over the same period, while American visitors reached 23,100 arrivals, up 2,106.4 percent.
The number of visitors in Southeast Asia has also significantly grown thanks to the open border policy between countries. In the first 5 months of the year, visitors from Cambodia reached 10,300 arrivals, a very strong increase of 4,255%, Laos reached 6,800 arrivals, an increase of 76%.
The number of visitors from Singapore reached 17,321 arrivals, an increase of 44.7 times, in April alone reached 5,300 arrivals, an increase of nearly 10 times compared to the previous month, 6,300 arrivals in 4 months.
Meanwhile, with groups of American and European tourists, travel companies explain that many tourists have relatives living and working in Vietnam and they choose here to reunite after two years. Some tourists are experts coming to Southeast Asia to work, knowing Vietnam’s friendly open-door policy has chosen this as a tourist destination
Vietnam’s tourism industry aims to welcome 5 million international visitors in 2022.