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According to the General Statistics Office, the number of international visitors to Vietnam in June reached only 8,800, the lowest level in many years, down 61.3% compared to the previous month and down 99.3% compared to the same period last year.
The number of international visitors to Vietnam is mainly foreign experts and technical workers working on projects in Vietnam. Currently, Vietnam has no international tourists because it has not opened its doors to the international tourism market.
In the first 6 months of the year, Vietnam's international arrivals reached 3.7 million, down 55.8% over the same period in 2019. Of which, visitors from Asia reached 2.72 million, accounting for 72.9% of the total number of arrivals. The main markets providing large sources of visitors to Vietnam are: China down 63%, South Korea down 60.4%; Japan down 55.8%... Only visitors from Cambodia increased by 105.9%.
When Vietnam can reopen to the international tourist market remains the biggest question for tourism and travel businesses.
At the Southeast Tourism Conference held in Tay Ninh recently, Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan proposed that the Government should have a roadmap to gradually open up to international tourism in order to help the industry recover.
Currently, the stimulus program "Vietnamese people travel to Vietnam" is being responded to by people in the country.
Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the Covid-19 pandemic is still lasting all over the world and the progress in each country is not the same. Therefore, Vietnam cannot wait for the whole world to be free of the pandemic before opening up.
"If we clearly define which countries are safe and how long they can remain safe, we can consider the option of gradually reopening tourism in a controlled manner. We can develop domestic tourism while selectively reopening international tourism, especially countries near Vietnam, only then can we achieve the goal of economic development in effective anti-epidemic efforts," Mr. Nhan shared.
