Accordingly, Vietnam aims to turn tourism into a true spearhead economic sector with green growth and world leading development capacity by 2030.
The plan targets to have 25-28 million international arrivals, 130 million domestic travellers, and an annual growth rate of 8-9% in the number of domestic tourists for 2025. By 2030, it is hoped that the international tourist number will reach 35 million, posting an annual increase of 13-15%, while domestic travellers will hit 160 million and grow 4-5% annually.
Tourism is expected to directly contribute 8-9% and 13-14% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025 and 2030, respectively.
Under the master plan, this sector will create about 6.3 million jobs, including 2.1 million direct jobs by 2025 and 10.5 million jobs, including 3.5 million direct ones, by 2030.
Vietnam is working to recover and sustain the growth of domestic tourists in the 2021 – 2025 period. Meanwhile, it is set to tap into the markets of tourists with high rates of spending and long lengths of stay, along with new markets in terms of golf, sports, and adventure tourism during the 2026 – 2030 period.
Efforts are being made to revive traditional markets and attract emerging ones like India and Middle Eastern countries between 2021 and 2025. For the 2026 – 2030 period, Vietnam aims to maintain and expand traditional markets in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Oceania while diversifying markets to increase the proportion of high-spending travellers.
According to the master plan, by 2045, tourism is expected to establish itself as an engine of the economy while Vietnam will become a globally outstanding destination and one of the countries with the strongest tourism development in the Asia-Pacific region.
The scheme also eyes 70 million international arrivals, about 7.3 quadrillion VND (28.68 billion USD) in tourism revenue, and a sector contribution of 17 - 18% of GDP by 2045.
