Vietnam welcomed 350,000 foreign tourists in January, up 15.9 percent over the same month last year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VAT).
Vietnam
welcomed 350,000 foreign tourists in January, up 15.9 percent over the same month last year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VAT).
The largest numbers of tourists came from China (nearly 70,000), the United States (more than 44,400), the Republic of Korea (nearly 39,000), Japan (more than 29,200) and Australia (nearly 21,800).
The tourism sector plans to attract 3.6-3.8 million foreign tourists in 2006, 10.5-11 percent more than last year’s figure. To realize the target, the sector will boost tourism promotion programmes and widely introduce Vietnam’s image and its tourism products.
The sector will exert efforts to successfully launch National Tourism Year in the central province of Quang Nam. The sector will also focus on developing the Vietnamese tourism product system on par with the country’s great tourism potential, promoting international tourism co-operation, as well as establishing Vietnamese tourism promotion representative offices in some key tourism markets.
(Source: VOV)
