Of the total, visitors from Asia made up the lion’s share at 76.8 percent, up 9.9 percent year-on-year.

Most of Vietnam’s key tourist markets in the region, including the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore, followed an upward trend. China, however, recorded a slight fall of 0.8 percent.

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Meanwhile, the number of tourists from Europe and America were estimated to have picked by up 5.9 and 4.9 percent from the same period of 2018, respectively.

During the five-month period, the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam by air and road recorded annual increases of 6.3 and 23.7 percent, respectively; while that of those travelling on waterways decreased by 17.5 percent year-on-year.

In May alone, over 1.3 million foreign holidaymakers traveled to Vietnam, down 9.7 percent from the previous month, but up 14.3 percent from the same month of 2018.

Source: VNA