Vietnam needs comprehensive measures, including improving service quality and removing all restrictions related to visa policies, to attract more foreign tourists, experts said.

Vietnam has set a target of receiving eight million foreign visitors in 2023, and this target will only be achieved by refining visa policies, improving the quality of tourism products, and increasing the readiness to welcome visitors.

Vietnam’s tourism sector targets to serve about 8 million foreign visitors from the total of 110 million next year, according to the General Administration of Vietnam Tourism.

Nha Trang beach and Vung Tau beach in the central region of Vietnam have been ranked third and fourth out of the 10 most popular beaches in the world, on the basis of the number of views on Tik Tok.

Making a 67.3 per cent share of the country’s total tourism revenue, marine tourism service of 28 coastal provinces and cities has yet promoted it potential global brand as a top favourite ocean destination among 156 beach nations.

After three years of stagnation because of Covid-19, the world’s tourism industry has recovered but with changes, requiring other approaches.

The number of Thai tourists is on the rise as many popular destinations have reopened without restrictions, while a weaker currency against the baht is also supporting the outbound tourism market.

Restaurants and hotels have complained about labor shortages after Covid-19, but students at tourism faculties fear they won't be able to find a job.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) plans to set a target of welcoming eight million foreign visitors and 102 million domestic tourists next year, earning an estimated revenue of VND650,000 billion in the process.

Although Vietnam reopened its borders soon after the COVID-19 pandemic was brought under control, international tourist arrivals have been modest due to a number of bottlenecks, experts heard at a national conference on the issue.

Vietnamese tourism and airline services have not recovered as expected despite the country’s early opening for tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of foreign travelers to Vietnam increased sharply in the last months of 2022.

Prestigious international travel magazine Far & Wide has placed Vietnam in fifth position on its list of the 10 friendliest nation in the world.

Travel firms have entered the sprint in selling tours as Tet holiday will start in about one month. However, sales have been going slowly.

Vietnamese and South Korean tourism authorities inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) strengthening bilateral cooperation in tourism on December 16, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam’s sea tourism has been growing rapidly, but  localities need to develop their own sustainable tourism products, experts said at a recent seminar.

Da Nang hosted 3.7 million visitors, of which 483,000 came from abroad, between March and November.

Vietnam’s tourism industry should not focus on the number of tourists but the revenue it earns, experts have said.

Domestic tourism is strongly bouncing back, recording more than 100 million visitors so far this year, higher than all forecasts and up 1.5 times compared to the yearly target of 60 million.

Vietnam welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors in January-November 2022, 21.1 times up year on year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.