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(CPV) – Vietnam greeted nearly 525,300 foreign visitors in August 2012, bringing the figure for the first eight months of the year to more than 4.38 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.4 percent, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Over the past eight months, the number of tourists coming Vietnam by sea reached more than 46,600, recording the largest growth with a year-on-year rise of 74.7 percent. The number of foreign tourists arriving by air and road were more than 3.64 million (up 9.2 percent) and 653,500 (up 7.6 percent), respectively.
Numerous Asian markets witnessed rises in the number of tourists to Vietnam, such as the RoK, up 35 percent, Malaysia (23 percent), Japan (19 percent) and Thailand (19 percent).
With these results, the tourism sector target of welcoming 6.5 million foreign tourists in 2012 is 67.5 percent fulfilled. The number of tourists to Vietnam is expected to grow in the rest of the year, thanks to the major holidays of the National Independence Day on September 2, Christmas Day and Western New Year./.
Currently, preparations for the first International Balloon Competition in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan Province have been completed. The competition will be from August 29th to September 3rd. Participating are 50 pilots and balloon specialists from 10 countries and territories, including France, Germany, the UK, the US, India, China, Hong Kong and Thailand. About 30 giant balloons, printed with their national flags in striking colours, will fly at the same time, promising to create a wonderful spectacle in the Binh Thuan sky./.
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