(TITC) – According to GSO, international visitors to Vietnam in January 2023 reached over 871 thousand arrivals, an increase of 23.2% compared to December 2022 and 44.2 times higher than the same period last year.
Figure 1. International visitors by month in 2022 and January 2023 (thousand arrivals)
Source: Compiled from the GSO’s data
In January, the highest number of visitors came from Korea with 259 thousand arrivals, followed by the US with 78 thousand arrivals.
Southeast Asia, one of the main tourist source markets of Vietnam, includes Thailand (55 thousand arrivals, ranked 3rd), Malaysia (37 thousand, 5th), Cambodia (34 thousand, 8th), and Singapore (32 thousand, 9th).
Figure 2. Top 15 tourist source markets of Vietnam in January of 2023 (thousand arrivals)
Source: Compiled from the GSO’s data
In January, the number of Indian visitors increased impressively, ranked the 6th, with 36 thousand arrivals, the highest level in a month ever.
European markets had very good growth, in which Norway increased by 61% compared to last month, Sweden: +55%, Denmark: +50%. UK, Germany and France were in top 15 tourist source markets of Vietnam.
The Chinese market is also warming up. Vietnam welcomed 16 thousand Chinese arrivals in this month.
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