VIENTIANE: More than 3.7 million foreign tourists visited Laos in the first 10 months of this year, an increase of 13 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The main contributors to this surge were Thailand, Vietnam and China. Statistics compiled by the department show that 1,236,626 Thai nationals visited Laos, followed by 959,575 from Vietnam, 914,194 from China, 151,010 from the Republic of Korea, 46,429 from France, and 22,144 from Germany.
