Ranking of Vietnam tourism in Southeast Asia

Vietnam has all the factors that attract tourists around the world such as culture, cuisine, beautiful scenery... However, what is the ranking of Vietnamese tourism in Southeast Asia?

Currently, Vietnam is one of the countries in Southeast Asia that is dominating the tourism market with a huge number of tourists. This is also the country that welcomes millions of tourists around the world every year, along with Thailand - Located in Southeast Asia, holding the number 1 position.

Việt Nam thu hút lượng lớn khách du lịch ghé thăm và khám phá

Vietnam attracts a large number of tourists to visit and explore

Based on statistics from 2010 - 2019, the number of international visitors and revenue when not affected by the epidemic, Vietnam is growing steadily. In 2010, the number of international visitors to Vietnam reached more than 5.1 million, but after 10 years this number of visitors increased 3.5 times (with 18 million in 2019). Tourism revenue from international visitors also increased steadily from 4.4 billion USD (2010) to 18 billion USD in 2019.

By 2023, the ranking of Vietnamese tourism in Southeast Asia (excluding East Timor) is ranked 5th after 4 countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. This is considered a relatively high ranking that many other countries aspire to have.

Du lịch Việt Nam đứng thứ 5 ở khu vực Đông Nam Á

Vietnam tourism ranks 5th in Southeast Asia

Vietnam is increasingly focusing on the tourism sector and expanding many policies to help the domestic tourism industry reach the world faster. Up to now, Vietnam has 6 pillar indexes ranked among the top in the world. That is, Competitiveness; Cultural resources; security and safety index; International openness (based on visa policy) and Environmental sustainability.

When it comes to tourism, Vietnam is full of elements such as: cuisine, nature, mountains, forests, islands, culture... To attract a large number of international tourists to stop by. However, the country's tourism growth over the years has not gone beyond limits. This shows that we still do not have the most suitable promotional campaign.

The visa issue is an extremely important factor to improve domestic tourism. According to the Head of the TAB Secretariat, in addition to extending the visa period, Vietnam also needs to increase the number of visa-free countries. At the same time, expand the list of countries eligible for electronic visas.

Du khách nước ngoài thích thú khám phá cảnh đẹp Việt Nam

Foreign tourists enjoy exploring the beautiful scenery of Vietnam

Because up to now, Vietnam has only exempted visas for more than 20 countries and allowed the application of electronic visas for only more than 80 countries. Meanwhile, countries leading tourism such as Thailand - visa exemption for 67 countries, Singapore and Malaysia - visa exemption for 150 countries.

Besides improving visas, solutions on tourism promotion, immigration procedures, destination management, environmental sanitation, food service hygiene... also need to be seriously implemented.

Maintain stable growth of 6 pillar indicators, as well as promote activities to stimulate domestic tourist demand. Also contributes to helping Vietnam tourism develop further in the following years.

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