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According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the
country welcomed about 15.6 million international visitors and 80 million
domestic tourists this year, an increase of 2.7 million and 6.8 million visitors
respectively over 2017.
HCM City led the country once again with 36.5 million visitors, including 7.5
million international visitors and 29 million domestic tourists. Hanoi welcomed
about 28 million visitors, including 5.5 million international tourists.
Notably, the northern province of Quang Ninh emerged as an attractive new
destination this year. It attracted 12.5 million visitors, including 5.3 million
international visitors, surpassing the central city of Da Nang with 7.7 million
tourists, including nearly three million international visitors.
With a constantly growing number of tourists, Vietnam’s tourism industry expects
to serve a total of 103 million visitors in 2019.
Source: VNA
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