Foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam up 42.4 per cent in November as country tentatively reopens

South Korean tourists, the first foreign arrivals to visit resort island Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province after nearly two years, stay at Vinpearl Resort & Spa Phu Quoc.- Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Nov 30 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 per cent from October, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The rise is attributed to the Government’s decision to allow a pilot programme to welcome back international tourists who join package tours via either charter flights or international commercial flights to designated places and tourism facilities in Phu Quoc (Kien Giang), Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, Danang and Quang Ninh.