Bleak Arrival Figures as Expected for August 2021

International arrivals to Vietnam sank 43.0 percent year-on-year to 9.3 thousand in August of 2021.

This was after a 46.4 percent slump in the prior month, dragged down by a surge of the Delta strain of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Visitors plunged from Asia (-53.1 percent), mostly China (-48.4 percent); and Australia (-32.1 percent).

On the other hand, visitors rose from America (102.0 percent), namely the US (255.7 percent); and Europe (48.9 percent), of which, Russia (28.7 percent), the UK (59.0 percent), France (460.5 percent), and Germany (12.5 percent).

Considering the January to August period, tourist arrivals plummeted 97.2 percent to 105 thousand people, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Forcasts into 2022

Tourist Arrivals in Vietnam is expected to be 15.00 thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts’ expectations.

Looking forward, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam estimate Tourist Arrivals in Vietnam to stand at 650.00 in 12 months’ time.

In the long-term, the Vietnam Tourist Arrivals is projected to trend around 1100.00 thousand in 2022, according to our econometric models.

Forcasts are almost impossiple to predict during the current pandemics, however all SE Asian tourist industries are hoping that travel pockets will start to open soon.