In the first 9 months of the year, the number of Vietnamese people traveling abroad has increased by 2.5 times compared to the same period in 2022. Meanwhile, the number of foreigners arriving in Vietnam is only 69% of that in 2019 – a year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the General Statistics Office (Ministry of Planning and Investment), in September, international visitors to Vietnam reached over 1 million, a decrease of 13.4% compared to August but 2.4 times higher than the same period last year. Meanwhile, the number of Vietnamese citizens leaving the country reached 501,400, an increase of 43.1% compared to the same period last year.
The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam has increased but has not recovered as much as in 2019 – a time when there was no Covid-19 epidemic.
Overall, in the first 9 months of the year, international visitors to our country are estimated to be 8.9 million, a 4.7-fold increase compared to the same period last year but still only 69% compared to the same period in 2019 – a year without the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of Vietnamese citizens leaving the country reached 3.8 million, a 2.5-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022.
More than 5,200 businesses ceased operations in September.
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Source: Vietnam Insider