VN welcomes 3.7 mln foreign visitors in nine months

08:26 AM @ Wednesday - 29 September, 2010
The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first nine months ofthis year reached over 3.7 million, up 34.2 percent over the same periodof last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Of the total, the number of leisure visitors for reached over2.3 million, up 43.3 percent, that of business visitors was over757,000, up 39.8 percent and the number of arrivals who visitedrelatives increased by 2 percent to 425,000.

Cambodia registered the highest growth in the number of visitors toVietnam, up over 92 percent. It was followed by China, Thailand, theRepublic of Korea and Australia with a growth of 89 percent, 35 percent,29 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

Expertsforecast that the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam would continueto increase as a series of major domestic and international events willbe held in the country between now and the end of this year, especiallyactivities to celebrate the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoifrom October 1-10.

The tourism sector is expected to welcome 4.2 million international tourists this year./.

(Source: en.vietnamplus.vn

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