The VNAT leader made the statement while addressing a conference held in Hanoi on July 6 to review the tourism’s sector in the first two quarters and implement tasks for the remaining six months of 2022.
Accordingly, Vietnam welcomed around 413,000 foreigners and 60.8 million domestic visitors in the first half of the year. The total tourism revenue reached 265 trillion VND.
In addition, the volume of international searches for Vietnamese tourism has continued to surge, with one of the highest increases in the world, according to Google’s market trend tracker tool.
Vietnam has also stepped up eight places in the 2021 Tourism and Travel Development Index (TTDI), according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Report. The country experienced the greatest score improvement, rising by 4.7 percent to leap from 60th to 52nd in the overall index.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet speaking at the conference (Photo: VNAT)
VNAT Director General Nguyen Trung Khanh attributed the miraculous recovery to the complete reopening of tourism on March 15, 2022, describing it as a significant milestone for Vietnam's tourism industry throughout its history.
Appreciating the efforts of the tourism industry in the first six months of 2022, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet hailed that the VNAT made a worthy contribution to the recovery and development of tourism in the new normal.
He said that in the last half of the year, the tourism industry should focus on closely coordinating with relevant agencies to promote the image of Vietnam's tourism at international market.
