VOV.VN - The number of foreign tourists visiting Laos reached over 1.6 million during the first half of this year, exceeding its annual target of 1.4 million, with Thailand continuing to top the list of tourist arrivals, followed by Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam Airlines plane landed at Phu Quoc International Airport early on July 25, bringing more than 100 Chinese visitors to the tourist resort of Phu Quoc dubbed Island of Pearl in southern Vietnam.

India is seen as a potential market for Vietnam’s tourism, and the country will strengthen promotion activities to lure more holiday-makers from the South Asian market, according to Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese tourism industry is seeking to attract and retain foreign visitors ahead in the second half of the year and beyond, particularly amid the spending of holidaymakers remaining modest.

VOV.VN - The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has submitted a letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposing the expansion of the country’s visitor visa exemption list to include all 27 EU member states.

VOV.VN - Service businesses are introducing solutions aimed at attracting hordes of foreign visitors during the peak season at the end of the year following the legislature’s recent approval of a bill which seeks to ease visa problems.

VOV.VN - The domestic aviation market is set to continue to grow in the second half of 2023, while the international market is expected to recover at a faster rate than the initial months of the year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomed more than 5.5 million foreign arrivals in the first six months of the year, meeting 69% of the target (8 million) set for this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The initial six months of this year saw the Republic of Korea (RoK) become Vietnam’s largest source market of tourists with over 1.6 million arrivals, 80% equivalent to the same period from 2019.

VOV.VN - Several travel businesses in Da Lat, a resort town in the Central Highland of Lam Dong, are offering visa-free tours departing from Lien Khuong airport and heading to the Republic of Korea (RoK), with the first flights set to start in early July.