Vietnam to welcome more tourists next year

Vietnam hopes to receive around 4.2 to 4.5 million international visitors in 2010, said Nguyen Van Tuan, Head of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration, at a recent seminar on the sector’s strategy for 2020 with its vision for 2030, in Hanoi.
According to Tuan, in November this year alone, Vietnam welcomed nearly 388,000 tourists, an increase of 70.2% compared to the previous year, and 38.6% to the same period last year.
Tuan also said that the number of international visitors coming to Vietnam will increase by 10% in 2010 in comparison with this year’s figure, reaching 4.2 - 4.25 million people.