Top 10 travel destinations popular among Vietnamese

Agoda, the world's leading hotel booking site, has announced the top 10 most popular travel destinations for Vietnamese people from June to August 2019.

According to the survey,Vietnam's Nha Trang, Dalat, Phu Quoc and Quy Nhon were featured as the most popular tourist destinations among Vietnamese.

The only thing that stands out in this year's best ranking is that overseas travel has gained the support of Vietnamese people, and Bangkok, Thailand ranked second. Besides Thailand,Singapore ranked 5th, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ranked 9th, and Paris, France ranked in the top 10. France is the only European city in the top 10 list.  

Vietnam's beach resort Nha Trang is the top 3, Da Lat, a popular honeymoon destination for Vietnamese in the central highlands, is the 6th, Phu Quoc Island is the 7th, and the coastal town of Quy Nhon in central Vietnam is the 9th. Elected.    

Citizens of ASEAN member states can travel to the region without applying for a visa and can be a tourist for up to 30 days.

Vu The Binh, vice president of the Vietnam Tourism Association, estimated that Vietnamese tourists spend $7-8 billion annually abroad.“Vietnamese travel abroad is on the rise,” he said.

Travel industry insiders say more Vietnamese are becoming middle class and looking abroad for travel destinations.According to a 2017 World Bank report, about 1.5 million people are in the middle or upper class in Vietnam each year.

According to a 2017 report by global market research firm Euromonitor, the market for overseas travel by Vietnamese grew at an annual rate of 10-15 percent during the period 2012-2017.

According to credit card giant Mastercard, Vietnam is the second fastest growing outbound market in the Asia-Pacific region after Myanmar, and is expected to grow by 9.5% annually between 2016 and 2021. doing.

Vietnam's outbound market is highly anticipated, as Vietnamese can now travel to 51 countries without applying for a visa.

According to the Vietnam Statistics Office, Vietnam welcomed 7.3 million tourists between January and May 2019.Vietnamese authorities have said they are on track to reach a target of 18 million foreign tourists this year.

Recently, the visa issuance policy has changed, and Vietnam'sThe tourism industry is expected to attract 17-20 million foreign tourists by 2020. That translates into annual revenues of $35 billion and a contribution of 10% to GDP.

Last year saw a record 15.4 million foreign tourists, a 20% growth rate compared to 2017.