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International visitors to Vietnam in February and first 2 months of year 2009 |
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Mar 05, 2009 at 02:57 PM |
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International visitors to Vietnam in February estimated 342,913 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first 2 months of year 2009 reached 688,753 arrivals, 10% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
| 2/2009 (estimate) | Accrued for 2 months of 2009 | 2/2009 vs. 1/2009 (%) | 2 months 2009 vs. 2 months 2008 (%) | Total | 342,913 | 688,753 | 99.2 | 89.7 | By means | | | | | By air | 299,564 | 598,536 | 100.2 | 94.0 | By sea | 4,390 | 10,392 | 73.1 | 64.4 | By road | 38,959 | 79,825 | 95.3 | 69.4 | By purposes | | | | | Tourism | 198,455 | 403,447 | 96.8 | 85.4 | Business | 61,285 | 107,672 | 132.1 | 79.9 | Visiting relatives | 58,225 | 129,284 | 81.9 | 102.4 | Others | 24,948 | 48,350 | 106.6 | 142.0 | By countries and territories | | | | | USA | 39,773 | 89,470 | 80.0 | 140.3 | China | 41,608 | 72,091 | 136.5 | 87.1 | South Korea | 39,271 | 70,175 | 127.1 | 77.6 | Japan | 34,725 | 67,290 | 106.6 | 91.7 | Australia | 18,379 | 49,527 | 59.0 | 114.4 | Taiwan (China) | 29,448 | 49,373 | 147.8 | 93.8 | France | 16,052 | 31,247 | 105.6 | 112.4 | Malaysia | 14,202 | 26,066 | 119.7 | 91.1 | Thailand | 12,247 | 25,526 | 92.2 | 74.2 | Canada | 10,013 | 22,527 | 80.0 | 129.8 | Others | 87,195 | 185,461 | 88.7 | 73.2 |
(Source: General Statistics Office) |
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