The number of cruise tourists accounts for only 2-3% of the total number of international visitors to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Hanoi capital has welcomed roughly 332,000 visitors, including 32,000 international guests, during the Lunar New Year holiday from January 21 to January 26, with total tourism revenue anticipated to reach more than VND1 trillion.

VOV.VN - Italy’s Silver Spirit cruise ship docked at Tien Sa port on January 23, bringing 648 foreign visitors to Da Nang city, a tourist attraction in central Vietnam.

Digital marketing and communication made positive contributions to the recovery of Vietnam’s tourism in 2022.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has recently requested the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism in provinces and cities to ensure tourism activities on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

If effective measures are taken, Vietnam can easily attract tourists from India – the world’s second most populous country, according to insiders.

The southern metropolis city of Ho Chi Minh and the Consulate General of Japan on January 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector.

VOV.VN - The recent New Year holiday witnessed localities across the country welcome large numbers of foreign visitors, heralding in a busy year ahead for the tourism industry after enduring a gloomy 2022.

Vietnam saw 3.66 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, and those from the Republic of Korea (RoK) accounted for the largest proportion with over 965,000, or 26.4%.

Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, earned over VND5.9 trillion (US$251 million) from tourism services during the New Year holiday from December 31 to January 2.