International visitors to Vietnam in April estimated 305,430 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first quarter reached 1,297,672 arrivals, 17.8% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
|
April 2009
(estimate)
|
Accrued for 4 months of 2009
|
April 2009 vs. Mar 2009 (%)
|
April 2009 vs. April 2008
|
4 months 2009 vs. 4 months 2008 (%)
|
Total
|
305,430 |
1,297,672 |
100.6 |
77.1 |
82.2 |
By means
|
|
|
|
|
|
By air
|
264,430 |
1,120,695 |
102.6 |
89.5 |
90.0 |
By sea
|
5,400 |
23,252 |
72.4 |
27.9 |
36.9 |
By road
|
35,600 |
153,725 |
93.0 |
44.0 |
56.6 |
By purposes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tourism
|
197,222 |
797,743 |
100.1 |
78.0 |
80.3 |
Business
|
56,713 |
219,207 |
103.4 |
67.5 |
72.3 |
Visiting relatives
|
37,693 |
201,712 |
108.5 |
94.2 |
98.1 |
Others
|
13,802 |
79,010 |
81.9 |
72.2 |
104.2 |
By countries and territories
|
|
|
|
|
|
USA
|
31,314 |
152,152 |
99.8 |
82.5 |
107.8 |
China
|
35,590 |
141,553 |
105.1 |
55.9 |
69.9 |
South Korea
|
31,285 |
134,032 |
96.0 |
72.8 |
73.9 |
Japan
|
29,745 |
128,654 |
94.1 |
96.3 |
90.0 |
Taiwan (China)
|
23,208 |
94,153 |
107.6 |
73.9 |
84.3 |
Australia
|
20,024 |
84,825 |
131.1 |
91.3 |
101.3 |
France
|
18,418 |
68,212 |
99.3 |
92.6 |
99.3 |
Thailand
|
15,980 |
55,087 |
117.7 |
73.9 |
70.5 |
Malaysia
|
13,776 |
53,035 |
104.4 |
92.5 |
91.6 |
Canada
|
6,668 |
36,246 |
94.6 |
89.8 |
106.4 |
Others
|
79,422 |
349,723 |
93.6 |
77.0 |
73.5 |