Vietnam earned highest revenue in H1 of 2022 from tourism

Hanoi, The Gulf Observer: In the first seven months of 2022, localities across the country recorded a high increase in tourism revenue led by Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, and Quang Ninh.

Ho Chi Minh City received the highest number of tourists in the first seven months of the year, welcoming 13.3 million domestic visitors, up 71.73 per cent over the same period last year, together with around 765,600 international tourists. The total tourism revenue of Ho Chi Minh City is estimated US$2.58 billion.

The city earning the second highest tourism revenue is Hanoi, at $1.36 billion, 3.9 times higher than the same period in 2021.

Welcoming over nine million visitors, the central province of Thanh Hoa ranks third, earning VNĐ16.394 billion from tourism, an increase of 3.6 times compared to the same period of last year and reaching 91.5 per cent of the whole year plan.

The northern province of Quang Ninh received about 4.7 million visitors, equivalent to 104.4 per cent of the growth target of 2022. Tourism revenue of the province is estimated at VNĐ12.129 billion, up 131 per cent over the same period.

Vietnam welcomed 954,600 foreign visitors from January to July, 10 times higher than the figure in the same period last year.