Vietnam’s Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities, and Tourism has dedicated to attracting 17–18 million worldwide vacationers to Vietnam in 2024. To realize this purpose, they plan to accentuate their promotion and advertising efforts within the fourth quarter, focusing particularly on the Indian market, identified for its high-spending vacationers.
Within the first eight months, Vietnam has seen a outstanding surge in Indian guests, with 312,000 arrivals, a staggering 263 % enhance in comparison with the earlier yr. Based on Vietnam’s Nationwide Tourism Administration (VNAT), this locations India eighth amongst Vietnam’s prime 10 sources of worldwide vacationers.
To capitalize on the anticipated rise within the variety of Indian vacationers, the ministry and VNAT have developed a technique to boost tourism promotion on the planet’s most populous market. In October, VNAT will collaborate with journey companies and localities to prepare a large-scale promotional marketing campaign in India, amongst different initiatives.
Between January and August, Vietnam welcomed over 11.4 million worldwide vacationers, marking a forty five.8 % enhance in comparison with the earlier yr. The variety of home vacationers virtually reached 90 million. Throughout these eight months, tourism income amounted to roughly VND586.1 trillion (US$23.7 billion).
Vietnam has greater than 4,140 firms providing worldwide journey companies and over 39,149 licensed tour guides. Greater than 87,300 rooms can be found in 269 five-star resorts all through the nation.
The ministry is anticipated to implement plans and measures to speed up the sector’s restoration and sustainable improvement within the fourth quarter. Upcoming occasions embody the 2024 Vietnam Tourism Awards Ceremony, a nationwide meals competition in Dien Bien province, a Vietnamese tourism stand on the World Journey Market in London, UK, and a Vietnam-Taiwan (China) tourism cooperation convention.