Viet Nam targets to attract 45-50 million foreign arrivals by 2030
VGP - By 2030, Viet Nam strives to attract 45–50 million international visitors, and raise total tourism revenue to US$80–90 billion.
This is part of the recently-signed action program on the implementation of Politburo's Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated August 22, 2026, on developing Viet Nam's tourism industry into a spearhead economic sector in the new era.
The program aims to accelerate tourism development toward greater depth, quality, efficiency, sustainability and higher added value; promote tourism as a growth driver associated with digital transformation, green transition, cultural development, national defense and security, and national competitiveness.
Under the program, the tourism sector will contribute 10–12 percent to the nation's GDP, making Viet among the top three in Southeast Asia in terms of tourism scale and growth rate.
Key tasks and solutions
To achieve the above objectives, Government bodies and provincial-level People's Committees will focus on directing and implementing the following key tasks and solutions:
1. Renew thinking and raise awareness and leadership responsibility for tourism development;
2. Improve institutions and policies, create strategic breakthroughs, and mobilize and unlock resources for tourism development;
3. Develop infrastructure and establish highly competitive tourism hubs;
4. Develop high-value tourism markets and products and improve the economic efficiency of tourism;
5. Strengthen and improve the effectiveness of tourism promotion and marketing, enhancing the Viet Nam tourism brand;
6. Develop human resources, businesses and tourism communities to meet new development requirements;
7. Speed up the application of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, and develop smart tourism;
8. Renew tourism governance approaches and improve the quality of green, smart, safe and sustainable tourism destinations.
Viet Nam welcomed nearly 16 million international visitors in the first eight months of 2026, up 14.4 percent from the same period last year and equivalent to 63.6 percent of the country's full-year target, according to the National Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance).
Last year, nearly 21.17 million international visitors traveled to Viet Nam, up by an impressive 20.4 per cent from a year earlier, marking the first time the country's tourism industry has surpassed the 21-million threshold./.