The number of visitors from the Philippines to Vietnam jumped 63.6% year-on-year between January and July to 416,000, the biggest increase among Southeast Asian markets.
In the region, there were huge increases also in the number of arrivals from Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
They increased by 40.8%, 31%, 27.3%, and 21.6%, according to the General Statistics Office.
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Tourists at Hanoi Train Street in 2024. Photo by Hoang Giang |
The tourism industry attributed the jump in the number of visitors from Southeast Asia to a rapidly expanding flight network and growing demand for intra-regional travel.
Indonesia AirAsia launched a direct flight connecting Bali (Denpasar) and Da Nang on March 20 while Vietjet launched a direct route connecting Da Nang and Jakarta on April 29.
In March Philippines AirAsia launched a new direct route linking Da Nang with Manila in the Philippines.
Vietnam received 13.9 million international visitors in the first seven months of this year, up 13.8% from a year earlier.