Viet Nam’s tourism sector served an estimated 5.5 million visitors during the four-day National Day holiday (August 30 – September 2), marking an 83.3% increase compared with the same period last year, according to the National Authority of Tourism.

Ha Noi welcomed an estimated 2.8 million visitors in July, up over 10% year-on-year, of which international arrivals surged by 25.2% to 553,000, while domestic visitors reached 2.25 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%.

As a country with more than 1.4 billion people, China is considered the leading important tourist market of Vietnam and the world.

Around 3 million tourists were recorded during the National Day holidays from September 1-4, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) announced on September 5.