Figures from the General Statistics Office show that international visitors to Vietnam stood at more than 2.35 million in the first ten months of the year, or 18.8-fold higher year-on-year but down 83.7 per cent compared to the same period of 2019, before Covid-19. In October, international visitors totaled 484,400, up 12.1 per cent against September and 45.9-times higher year-on-year.
Sam Son city in north-central Thanh Hoa province welcomed more than 6.4 million visitors in the first eight months of 2022, ranking it first in the country. Total revenue from tourism reached over VND13 trillion ($553.95 million), or nearly five-fold higher than in the same period of 2021. The secret is constantly improving service quality along with the appearance of many tourism projects.