Accordingly, international visitors to Vietnam in October were estimated at over 1.6 million, up 3.7% over the previous month, of which arrivals by air increased by 1.8%, by road up by 11.3% and by sea increased by 32.9%.
Compared to the same period last year, international visitors to Vietnam in October increased sharply by 34%, of which arrivals from Asia made up 41.2%, from Europe 7.3%, from the Americas 10.2%, from Oceania 1.5% and from Africa 19.4%.
In the first ten months of 2019, international visitors to Vietnam were estimated to reach nearly 14.5 million, increasing by 13% over the same period last year, of which arrivals by air reached more than 11.5 million, accounting for 79.4% of international visitors to Vietnam, an increase of more than 11%; by road the number reached more than 2.7 million, up 22.3%; and by sea reached more than 213,000, up 6.6%.
Meanwhile, Asian visitors to Vietnam reached 11.5 million, accounting for 79.5% of total international visitors, up 15.2% over the same period last year, of which Chinese visitors reached more than 4.5 million, up 9.4%; from the Republic of Korea reached more than 3.5 million people, up 22%.
