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International visitors to Vietnam in July estimated 277,998 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in 7 months reached 2,171,600 arrivals, 18.7% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
| June 2009 | July 2009 (estimate) | Accrued for 7 months of 2009 | July 2009 vs. June 2009 | July 2009 vs. July 2008 | 7 months 2009 vs. 7 months 2008 (%) | Total | 279,147 | 277,998 | 2,171,600 | 99.6 | 83.7 | 81.3 | By means | By air | 213,150 | 214,998 | 1,773,904 | 100.9 | 80.2 | 87.3 | By sea | 8,000 | 6,000 | 47,338 | 75.0 | 57.7 | 43.0 | By road | 57,997 | 57,000 | 350,358 | 98.3 | 106.1 | 66.1 | By purposes of trips | Tourism | 150,643 | 148,564 | 1,285,556 | 98.6 | 87.1 | 78.6 | Business | 61,779 | 54,069 | 401,231 | 87.5 | 74.9 | 77.7 | Visiting relatives | 44,887 | 60,043 | 340,694 | 133.8 | 95.9 | 100.6 | Others | 21,838 | 15,322 | 144,119 | 70.2 | 57.3 | 79.5 | By countries and territories | China | 37,968 | 36,079 | 263,155 | 95.0 | 83.7 | 63.0 | USA | 37,157 | 38,432 | 261,365 | 103.4 | 96.5 | 95.1 | South Korea | 24,956 | 23,988 | 220,665 | 96.1 | 73.9 | 77.0 | Japan | 20,992 | 20,188 | 198,045 | 96.2 | 74.3 | 88.3 | Taiwan (China) | 20,658 | 24,550 | 162,725 | 118.8 | 82.2 | 82.5 | Australia | 14,502 | 16,413 | 130,516 | 113.2 | 72.8 | 89.2 | France | 9,308 | 12,219 | 104,124 | 131.3 | 89.8 | 97.7 | Malaysia | 14,345 | 10,760 | 97,179 | 75.0 | 79.2 | 96.9 | Thailand | 9,878 | 8,564 | 94,305 | 86.7 | 81.6 | 83.9 | Canada | 5,390 | 7,456 | 55,266 | 138.3 | 84.2 | 99.7 | Others | 83,993 | 79,349 | 584,255 | 94.5 | 87.6 | 77.9 |
Source: General Statistics Office |