Vietnam recorded 12.6 million international visitor arrivals in 2023, a 3.4-fold rise from 2022, according to the latest data released by the country’s General Statistics Office.
The number far exceeded the target of 8 million foreign tourists set for the year, but was equivalent to only 70 percent of the pre-pandemic level in 2019, said the office.
The foreign tourists were mostly from Asia, at 9.78 million in number, up 3.8 times compared to the previous year, followed by Europe with nearly 1.46 million, up 2.9 times, and Americas with 903,800, up 2.3 times. Among the foreign visitor arrivals to Vietnam in 2023, nearly 11 million traveled by air, accounting for 86.9 percent of the total and marking an increase of 3.3 times year on year.—Xinhua
