The number showed a year-on-year rise of 16.2 percent. Tourists from Asia made up 79.9 percent of the total, up 19.1 percent, Europe up 6.4 percent, America up 7.7 percent, and Africa 12.2 percent.

Foreign visitors in Vietnam.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said the country served 85 million domestic holidaymakers in the year, increasing over 6 percent.

In 2019, Vietnam was honoured with global prestigious prizes such as the World Golf Awards, the World Travel Awards, and the Asia’s Best Destination.

Vietnam’s tourism competitiveness has continuously improved, standing 63th among 140 economies in the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranking.

In 2020, the country strives to welcome approximately 20.5 million international tourists, and 90 million domestic ones. The tourism sector aims to gross over 830 trillion VND (35.9 billion USD) in revenue.

Smart tourism helps attract visitors to Hanoi

Smart tourism is being applied in a number of tourist attractions in Hanoi such as Bat Trang ceramic village, Thang Long imperial citadel, Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - National University) and Hanoi Old Quarter.

Vietnam to boost tourism development in protective forests

Developing tourism and services in protective and special-use forests in parallel with conservation will become a key part of the national economy in the future, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

Thua Thien-Hue aims to become a cultural, tourism centre of Asia by 2020

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is expected to become a cultural, tourism and health care centre in Southeast Asia by 2030.

Leader of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism congratulates athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh

(BGO) – In the evening of December 11, Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DoCST) Tran Minh Ha and leader of the Center for Sports Training and Competition in the northern province of Bac Giang arrived at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) to welcome and congratulate track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh who returned from the Philippines after participating in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). 

Experts talk ways to help Vietnamese tourism take off

Experts gathered at the Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 held in Hanoi on December 9 to discuss measures to help the Vietnamese tourism thrive in the future

Source: VNA