International visitors to Vietnam in March and first 3 months of year 2009
Update: 12/04/2009
International visitors to Vietnam in March estimated 303,489 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first quarter reached 992,242 arrivals, 16.1% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.

 

Mar 2009

(estimate)

Accrued for 3 months of 2009

Mar 2009 vs. Feb 2009 (%)

Mar 2009 vs. Mar 2008

3 months 2009 vs. 3 months 2008 (%)

Total

303,489

992,242

88.5

73.2

83.9

By means

 

 

 

 

 

By air

257,729

856,265

86.0

82.4

90.2

By sea

7,460

17,852

69.9

27.1

40.8

By road

38,300

118,125

98.3

51.7

62.5

By purposes

 

 

 

 

 

Tourism

197,074

600,521

99.3

73.6

81.1

Business

54,822

162,494

89.5

65.0

74.2

Visiting relatives

34,735

164,019

59.7

88.1

99.0

Others

16,858

65,208

67.6

74.3

114.9

By countries and territories

 

 

 

 

 

USA

31,368

120,838

78.9

79.8

117.2

China

33,873

105,964

81.4

60.5

76.4

South Korea

32,572

102,747

82.9

68.0

74.3

Japan

31,619

98,909

91.1

81.8

88.3

Taiwan (China)

31,572

70,945

73.3

78.1

88.4

Australia

15,274

64,801

83.1

82.3

104.8

France

18,547

49,794

115.5

88.1

102.0

Malaysia

13,193

39,259

92.9

91.9

91.3

Thailand

13,581

39,107

110.9

61.4

69.2

Canada

7,051

29,578

70.4

76.0

111.1

Others

84,839

270,300

97.3

71.0

72.5

General Statistics Office