International visitors to Vietnam in February estimated 342,913 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first 2 months of year 2009 reached 688,753 arrivals, 10% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
|
2/2009
(estimate) |
Accrued for 2 months of 2009 |
2/2009 vs. 1/2009 (%) |
2 months 2009 vs. 2 months 2008 (%) |
Total |
342,913 |
688,753 |
99.2 |
89.7 |
By means |
|
|
|
|
By air |
299,564 |
598,536 |
100.2 |
94.0 |
By sea |
4,390 |
10,392 |
73.1 |
64.4 |
By road |
38,959 |
79,825 |
95.3 |
69.4 |
By purposes |
|
|
|
|
Tourism |
198,455 |
403,447 |
96.8 |
85.4 |
Business |
61,285 |
107,672 |
132.1 |
79.9 |
Visiting relatives |
58,225 |
129,284 |
81.9 |
102.4 |
Others |
24,948 |
48,350 |
106.6 |
142.0 |
By countries and territories |
|
|
|
|
USA |
39,773 |
89,470 |
80.0 |
140.3 |
China |
41,608 |
72,091 |
136.5 |
87.1 |
South Korea |
39,271 |
70,175 |
127.1 |
77.6 |
Japan |
34,725 |
67,290 |
106.6 |
91.7 |
Australia |
18,379 |
49,527 |
59.0 |
114.4 |
Taiwan (China) |
29,448 |
49,373 |
147.8 |
93.8 |
France |
16,052 |
31,247 |
105.6 |
112.4 |
Malaysia |
14,202 |
26,066 |
119.7 |
91.1 |
Thailand |
12,247 |
25,526 |
92.2 |
74.2 |
Canada |
10,013 |
22,527 |
80.0 |
129.8 |
Others |
87,195 |
185,461 |
88.7 |
73.2 |