(TITC) - According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the number of international arrivals to Viet Nam in July 2013 was estimated 658,325, increasing by 16% in comparison with June 2013 and 28.5% over the same period of 2012.
In July, international arrivals to Viet Nam by air reached 506,388, an increase of 24.3% over July 2012; by sea: 18,947 (down 27.1%); by road: 132,990 (up 68.3%).
International arrivals from most short-haul markets achieved positive growth such as Laos (109.1%), China (90.9%), Thailand (33.1%), Cambodia (33%), Indonesia (27.1%), Malaysia (11.1%) and Taiwan (40.5%).
Especially, the international arrivals from Nordic countries who are exempted from visa within 15 days to Viet Nam rocketed, for examples, Denmark (194.2%), Norway (192.3%), Sweden (59%), and Finland (35.7%).
With this growth, the total number of international arrivals to Viet Nam in 7 months was 4,198,728, up 5.9% over the same period of 2012, fulfilling 58.3% of the goal in 2013.
Viet Nam tourism sector has set the target of receiving 7.2 million international arrivals in 2013.
Hong Thanh