Koreans top foreign tourist list in VN

VGP - The number of the Republic of Korean tourists to Viet Nam in November showed the highest year-on-year increase of 31.5%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

December 03, 2012 8:16 AM GMT+7

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It was followed by Malaysia (up 25.6%), Thailand (up 24.6%), Japan (up 20.8%) and Taiwan (up 17%).

Some markets had low augmentation, including France (up 6.5%), the US (up 2.7%), China (up 0.8%) and Australia (0.2%).

In eleven months, Viet Nam has received 6.5 million foreign arrivals, rising by 24.4% compared to October and 7.2% against the same period last year.

In November, the number of travelers to the nation for tourism and convalescence showed a year-on-year rise of 23.2%, while those went for work up 28.5%, visiting their relatives up 26.8% and other purposes up 17.1%.