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International visitors to Vietnam in March estimated 303,489 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first quarter reached 992,242 arrivals, 16.1% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
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| Mar 2009 (estimate) | Accrued for 3 months of 2009 | Mar 2009 vs. Feb 2009 (%) | Mar 2009 vs. Mar 2008 | 3 months 2009 vs. 3 months 2008 (%) | Total | 303,489 | 992,242 | 88.5 | 73.2 | 83.9 | By means | | | | | | By air | 257,729 | 856,265 | 86.0 | 82.4 | 90.2 | By sea | 7,460 | 17,852 | 69.9 | 27.1 | 40.8 | By road | 38,300 | 118,125 | 98.3 | 51.7 | 62.5 | By purposes | | | | | | Tourism | 197,074 | 600,521 | 99.3 | 73.6 | 81.1 | Business | 54,822 | 162,494 | 89.5 | 65.0 | 74.2 | Visiting relatives | 34,735 | 164,019 | 59.7 | 88.1 | 99.0 | Others | 16,858 | 65,208 | 67.6 | 74.3 | 114.9 | By countries and territories | | | | | | USA | 31,368 | 120,838 | 78.9 | 79.8 | 117.2 | China | 33,873 | 105,964 | 81.4 | 60.5 | 76.4 | South Korea | 32,572 | 102,747 | 82.9 | 68.0 | 74.3 | Japan | 31,619 | 98,909 | 91.1 | 81.8 | 88.3 | Taiwan (China) | 31,572 | 70,945 | 73.3 | 78.1 | 88.4 | Australia | 15,274 | 64,801 | 83.1 | 82.3 | 104.8 | France | 18,547 | 49,794 | 115.5 | 88.1 | 102.0 | Malaysia | 13,193 | 39,259 | 92.9 | 91.9 | 91.3 | Thailand | 13,581 | 39,107 | 110.9 | 61.4 | 69.2 | Canada | 7,051 | 29,578 | 70.4 | 76.0 | 111.1 | Others | 84,839 | 270,300 | 97.3 | 71.0 | 72.5 |
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Tourism Statistics 
