Thailand recorded 2.7 million tourists in March, down 20% from the 2019 level, while Vietnam tallied more than 2 million tourists in the same month, up by 40% from 2019.

To attract foreign tourists, the Bali Tourism Office has launched the 2025 Calendar of Events, featuring as many as 54 events.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is in full swing as travel agencies gear up for the bustling 2025 Lunar New Year season, unveiling tours and preparing to cater to a surge of international and domestic visitors.

Nearly 80% of foreign arrivals in Vietnam so far this year hailed from Asia, with a significant 60% coming from the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, Taiwan (China), and Japan, reported the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism on December 6.

The capital city of Hanoi is envisaged to become the nation’s tourism growth pole in the north under the tourism system planning for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045 recently announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports aims to draw at least 1 million Japanese visitors to Thailand by the end of this year.

The Philippine tourism sector gained more than 4.83 billion USD in revenue in the first half of 2024, up 32.81% from the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on July 11.

Since the beginning of this month, Vietnamese tourism sector has seen many positive signals, with a strong recovery in both the number of visitors and revenue, and promising breakthroughs in the coming months.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced strategies to attract 40 million foreign tourists and generate 3.4 trillion THB (113.3 billion USD) in tourism revenue in 2025.

More than 4 million foreign tourists came to Indonesia in the first four months of this year, up 24.85% compared to the same period last year, statistics show.

More than 10 million foreign tourists have visited Thailand so far this year, bringing in more than 500 billion THB (13.5 billion USD), the country’s Tourism and Sports Ministry has reported.

The first two months of this year saw an increase in the number foreign visitors denied from entry into Vietnam due to invalid documents, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Foreign arrivals have been on track for full recovery since Vietnam opened its border two years ago on the back of a favourable visa policy, Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh said at the National Assembly’s Q&A session on March 18.

The number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam in the first month of 2024 reached over 1.5 million, the highest ever recorded for a month since the country fully reopened all tourism activities in March 2022, according to Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

International visitors to Vietnam stood at 12.6 million in 2023, 3.4-fold higher than in 2022 and far exceeding the target of 8 million for the year but still just 70% of the figure in pre-pandemic 2019.

Vietnam welcomed 12.6 million international arrivals in 2023, with the Republic of Korea and China being the largest source markets.

Businesses associated with tourism, health, lifestyle and digital software services are considered promising for the upcoming year, according to the Business Development Department of Thailand.

Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of welcoming six million foreign visitors next year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Vietnam served over 1.23 million international tourists in November, up 11% month-on-month, the record monthly number in 2023, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

The number of foreign arrivals to Thailand has surpassed the 23-million mark, generating a revenue of some 981.69 billion THB (27.65 billion USD).