(TITC) – In July 2023, Vietnam welcomed 1,038.6 thousand international visitor arrivals, up 6.5% over the previous month. This is the first month of 2023, the tourism industry saw the number of over 1 million arrivals to Vietnam.
Figure 1. International visitors by month 2023 (in comparison with 2019, 2022) (thousand arrivals)
Source: Compiled from GSO
International visitors in 7 months reached nearly 6.6 million arrivals, equivalent to 83% of the plan in 2023, recovering 67% of the same period of 2019.
In terms of markets, Korea continues to be the largest source market in the first 7 months of 2023 with nearly 1.9 million arrivals (accounting for nearly one-third of the number of visitors). China ranked the second, reaching 738 thousand; The US ranked third with 445 thousand.
Among the top 10 source markets to Vietnam, Northeast Asia has Korea (1,888 thousand arrivals), China (738 thousand), Taiwan (415 thousand), Japan (284 thousand). Southeast Asia has Thailand (290 thousand arrivals), Malaysia (262 thousand), and Cambodia (225 thousand). Australia ranked the 9th (221 thousand), India in 10th (213 thousand).
From Europe, the UK (147.5 thousand arrivals), France (120.8 thousand) and Germany (111.8 thousand) are the largest inbound markets. The Russian market reached 69.9 thousand arrivals in the first 7 months of the year.
Figure 2. Top 10 source markets of Vietnam in Jan-July 2023 (thousand arrivals)
Source: Compiled from GSO
In terms of growth drivers in July 2023, Europe had the best growth rate among continents, up 27% compared to June 2023 including the contribution of markets such as the UK (+14.5%), France (+35.9%), Germany (+27.3%). There also are Norway (+250.8%), Belgium (+154%), Denmark (+152%), the Netherlands (+44.6%), Spain (+52.9%).
In July, many leading markets of Vietnam's tourism increased compared to the previous month: Korea (+6%), China (+14%), US (+7%), Taiwan (+31.3%), Japan (+15%), Australia (+34.3%). Some markets near the Southeast Asia saw a decrease: Thailand (-19.1%), Malaysia (-24.5%), Cambodia (-9.8%).
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