Visitors to Vietnam in November rose a stunning 39% over the year-ago month, reaching a new record high of more than 1.8 million. This follows October's 34% year-over-year increase.

 

Asian tourists accounted for a staggering 81% of total number of visitors in November, with total Asian visitors soaring 47% from the previous November. The Chinese represented 77% of the spike in arrivals. (Bye, bye Thailand.)

 

 

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With the surge in November, the total number of foreign tourists in the January-November period of 2019 has amounted to nearly 16.3 million, a 15% year-on-year increase.

 

Almost 13 million of them came from Asia, with the number of Chinese and South Koreans exceeding 5.2 million and 3.8 million, respectively.

 

https://english.thesaigontimes.vn/73166/int’l-tourists-to-vietnam-up-39-y-o-y-in-nov.html

 

Europe contributed a 13.4% increase, mostly from Russia. The Americas chipped in 10% more, mostly from the US, with a 19% increase. Numbers by nationality:

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/tourist-arrivals

 

 

 

 

Impressive numbers for sure.

 

What is even more impressive is that the article giving details of the November figures is dated mid-day on 30th November. Now, that is a trick that even TAT has not yet mastered.