Vietnam’s tourism sector served over 6.2 million foreign visitors and 40.5 million domestic tourists in the first four months of this year, earning about 10.7 billion USD in revenue.

Vietnam’s tourism sector has made strides in more than the last 10 years to turn the country into one of the world’s famous destinations for resort tourism, with various prestigious international awards.

Vietnam’s tourism sector has benefited from the fourth Industrial Revolution, but experts held that if domestic travel firms fail to make full use of opportunities, they will lose the local market to foreign rivals.

Asian countries are the major market of Vietnam’s tourism sector in 2018 with over 12 million departures, up 23.7 percent over last year, statistics show.

Various problems in Vietnam’s tourism sector were discussed by experts at the first Travel & Tourism Summit that began in Hanoi on December 5.

The Food and Hotel Hanoi 2018 international exhibition kicked off in the capital city on November 28.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is making efforts to go green and spread awareness via community-based campaigns.

Citizens from 40 countries will be eligible to apply for the electronic visas starting on February 1. Included on the list are China, Japan, the Republic Korea, the US, the UK, Germany and Sweden

Foreign investors have showed their interest in Vietnam’s tourism sector as well as the Government’s policies to promote the sector during the Hospitality Investment Conference Vietnam 2016.