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VIETNAM'S TOURIST NUMBERS GREW TO 4 MLN IN 2008.
HANOI, Jan 1 Asia Pulse - International arrivals into Vietnam increased 0.6 per cent year on year to 4.3 million in 2008, reported the General Statistics Department.
The figure, however, represented the industry's failure to meet its yearly target set at between 4.8 and 5 million arrivals.
December, which is considered the heyday of the hospitality industry for Christmas holidays, saw a slowdown the influx of foreign tourists as compared to the previous year.
Major downturns were seen in the Japanese, the South Korea and Taiwanese markets while Singaporeans, Chinese and Thais made slight increases of 14.6 per cent, 13.1 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively, over the previous year.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) largely blamed global economic crisis for the industry's slow growth besides domestic economic volatility and problems on infrastructure, service quality and ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, VIETNAM'S TOURIST NUMBERS GREW TO 4 MLN IN 2008.