Viet Nam becomes increasingly attractive to Australian tourists

In October this year, 1.66 million Australians departed for international destinations, a year-on-year increase of 12.1 percent, reported the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA).

Of the figure, 567,330 Australians travelled to Japan, a remarkable growth of 73.8 percent from the same period last year. 

Meanwhile, the number of Australian passengers to Viet Nam soared by 35.4 percent to 423,630, followed by Indonesia up 26 percent (with 1,644,010).

ATIA Director of Membership and Industry Affairs Richard Taylor said destinations like Japan, Viet Nam and Indonesia have witnessed unprecedented growth rates, indicating the evolving preferences of Australian travelers.

In 2023, some 150,000 Vietnamese visited Australia while the number of Australian travelers to Viet Nam reached 390,000 compared to 383,000 tourists in 2019.

In the first five months of this year, Viet Nam welcomed 213,000 Australian visitors, an increase of 35 percent year-on-year, making Australia the seventh largest source of tourists to the Southeast Asian nation./.