International visitors to Vietnam in March estimated 303,489 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in first quarter reached 992,242 arrivals, 16.1% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.
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|
Mar 2009
(estimate) |
Accrued for 3 months of 2009 |
Mar 2009 vs. Feb 2009 (%) |
Mar 2009 vs. Mar 2008 |
3 months 2009 vs. 3 months 2008 (%) |
|
Total |
303,489 |
992,242 |
88.5 |
73.2 |
83.9 |
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By means |
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|
|
|
|
|
By air |
257,729 |
856,265 |
86.0 |
82.4 |
90.2 |
|
By sea |
7,460 |
17,852 |
69.9 |
27.1 |
40.8 |
|
By road |
38,300 |
118,125 |
98.3 |
51.7 |
62.5 |
|
By purposes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tourism |
197,074 |
600,521 |
99.3 |
73.6 |
81.1 |
|
Business |
54,822 |
162,494 |
89.5 |
65.0 |
74.2 |
|
Visiting relatives |
34,735 |
164,019 |
59.7 |
88.1 |
99.0 |
|
Others |
16,858 |
65,208 |
67.6 |
74.3 |
114.9 |
|
By countries and territories |
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|
|
|
|
|
USA |
31,368 |
120,838 |
78.9 |
79.8 |
117.2 |
|
China |
33,873 |
105,964 |
81.4 |
60.5 |
76.4 |
|
South Korea |
32,572 |
102,747 |
82.9 |
68.0 |
74.3 |
|
Japan |
31,619 |
98,909 |
91.1 |
81.8 |
88.3 |
|
Taiwan (China) |
31,572 |
70,945 |
73.3 |
78.1 |
88.4 |
|
Australia |
15,274 |
64,801 |
83.1 |
82.3 |
104.8 |
|
France |
18,547 |
49,794 |
115.5 |
88.1 |
102.0 |
|
Malaysia |
13,193 |
39,259 |
92.9 |
91.9 |
91.3 |
|
Thailand |
13,581 |
39,107 |
110.9 |
61.4 |
69.2 |
|
Canada |
7,051 |
29,578 |
70.4 |
76.0 |
111.1 |
|
Others |
84,839 |
270,300 |
97.3 |
71.0 |
72.5 |