Tourism rising as Vietnam welcomes nearly 10 million international visitors in seven months

The data for international visitor arrivals showed an increase of 51 per cent compared to the same period last year and 1.9 percent higher than in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the South-East Asian country. - Image from Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (Xinhua): Nearly 10 million international visitor arrivals were reported in Vietnam in the first seven months of this year, with a strong increase seen in visitors from Europe, the General Statistics Office said on Monday.

The data for international visitor arrivals showed an increase of 51 per cent compared to the same period last year and 1.9 percent higher than in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the South-East Asian country.