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South Korea emerges as leading source of tourist arrivals in Vietnam

December 7, 2023 Vietnam Industry Updates

From January to November of this year, South Korea accounted for about 29% of all tourist arrivals in Vietnam, making it the country with the highest number of visitors.

Out of the 11.23 million tourists that visited Vietnam during this time, 3.22 million came from South Korea. With over 1.51 million and 758,200 tourists, respectively, mainland China and Taiwan ranked second and third in terms of tourist arrivals.

Despite having a casino industry, most of Vietnam’s gambling venues are exclusively open to visitors from other countries. In comparison to the same period in 2019, the year immediately before the COVID-19 outbreak, when Vietnam welcomed over 16.3 million people, the total number of arrivals for the first 11 months of 2022, at 11.23 million, is 68.9% higher. In the same period in 2019, Japan had 872,225 visits, South Korea 3.87 million, and mainland China 5.25 million.