Vietnam travel in the 1st quarter 2017: Northeast Asia market increases sharply  12:00, 14/04/2017

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Firstly, the Northeast Asian market has grown strongly, especially from four leading markets of Vietnam: China (up 64%), South Korea (up 29%), Taiwan (up 22% ), Japan (up 5%). Travelers from Hong Kong increased 36% but absolute value was limited (nearly 9,200). International tourists from Northeast Asia reached more than 1.8 million, accounting for 57% of total tourist arrivals, compared with 53% of the same period in 2016.

The cause of growth for the Chinese market is that the destination of Vietnam has more and more increasingly attracted the attention of Chinese tourists; the linkage among the tourism market, airlines and the destination has been tighter and tighter that results in the more effective organisation of market exploitation and some developments in international relations are conducive to tourism in Vietnam.

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For the markets of Korea, Taiwan and Japan, Vietnam's destination is increasingly known through promotion activities and economic, trade and cultural exchanges with Vietnam, contributing to the increase of tourists travelling multiple times.

Secondly, the European tourist market has grown strongly, especially the markets are visa-free entry from July 2015 and the Russian market. The total number of tourists from five visa-free countries including Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy to Vietnam in the first quarter of 2017 have reached over 240,000 (increased 12% over the same period in 2016), the highest rate for the distant markets, Spain increased by 23%, Italy increased 13%, Germany 13%, France 11%, England 9%.
Russia's market - the largest market of Vietnam in Europe also has reached the highest increase (61%). In addition, other smaller markets see significant growth, such as Sweden (+ 27%), Netherlands (+ 20%), Belgium (+ 11%), Finland (+ 11%), Denmark (+ 9%), Switzerland (+ 3%). The European market accounted for 16% of the total number of international tourists to Vietnam with the absolute number of nearly 501,000, an increase of more than 25% over the same period in 2016.
Thirdly, major markets in Southeast Asia, Oceania and the Americas have recovered and maintained growth, with Cambodia (up 35%), Laos (up 33% The Philippines (up 18%), Thailand (up 18%), Indonesia (up 14%), Malaysia Singapore (up 4%), Canada (up 16%), United States (up 9%), Australia (up 3%), New Zealand (up 21%).
The reason for high growth in these market sectors is the increasing linkage within ASEAN, information, exchange and travel; Air New Zealand has opened direct flights to Auckland from June 2016 to HCMC;  the interest of investors and tourists in the US, Canada to Vietnam has been more and more increasing.