Tourism in Vietnam is a component of the modern Vietnamese economy. In 2012, Vietnam received more than 6.8 million international arrivals, up from 2.1 million in the year 2000. The annual increase represented a rebound from a decline in 2008 Great Recession. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is following a long-term plan to diversify the tourism industry, which brings foreign exchange into the country.
Tourist arrivals in Vietnam have continued to rise in recent years. In 2008, Vietnam received 4.218 million international tourists, in 2009 the number was 3.8 million, down 11%. In 2012, Vietnam receives 6.84 million tourists. This was a 13% increase from 2011 figure of 6 million international visitors, which was itself a rise of 2 million visitors relative to 2010 arrivals. In 2016, Vietnam welcomed 10 million international visitors which represented a 26% increase from the previous year.
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Tourism in the economy
Tourism is important in Vietnam. For backpackers, culture and nature lovers, beach-lovers, military soldiers and veterans, Vietnam has become a new tourist destination in Southeast Asia. Local and international tour operators offer tours to ethnic minority groups, walking and bicycle tours, photography tours, kayak trips and multi-country trips in particular with neighboring Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Foreign tourists have been able to travel freely in the country since 1997.
The economy of Vietnam has transformed from an agrarian to a service economy. More than a third of gross domestic product is generated by services, which include the hotel and catering industry and transportation. The manufacturing and construction (28 percent), agriculture and fisheries (20 percent) and mining (10 percent) have much smaller shares.
Tourism contributes 4.5 percent to gross domestic product (as of 2007). After heavy industry and urban development, most foreign investment in Vietnam has been concentrated in tourism, especially in hotel projects . According to usual report of World Tourism and Travel Council, tourism contributed 6.6 percent to GDP equal VND 279,287 billion(03/2016) which has important contribution promoting development of related sectors such as transportation, entertainment, cuisine etc.
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Tourism statistics
International visitors
Data source: Ministry of Culture, Sport & Tourism
Top 29 International Visitors in Vietnam
Data Source: Ministry of Culture, Sport & Tourism
Destinations and attractions
National parks of Vietnam
Vietnam has 31 national parks: Ba B?, Ba Vì, B?ch Mã, Bái T? Long, B?n En, Bidoup Núi Bà, Bù Gia M?p, Cát Bà, Cát Tiên, Ch? Mom Ray, Ch? Yang Sin, Côn ??o, Cúc Ph??ng, Hoàng Liên, Kon Ka Kinh, Lò Gò-Xa Mát, Cape Cà Mau, Núi Chúa, Phong Nha-K? Bàng, Phú Qu?c, Ph??c Bình, Pù Mát, Tam ??o, Tràm Chim, U Minh H?, U Minh Th??ng, V? Quang, Xuân S?n, Xuân Th?y, Yok ?ôn.
World Heritage Sites
Hu?, H?i An, M? S?n (Qu?ng Nam Province), H? Long Bay (Qu?ng Ninh Province), Phong Nha-K? Bàng National Park (Qu?ng Bình Province), Imperial Citadel of Th?ng Long (Hanoi) and Citadel of the H? Dynasty (Thanh Hóa Province).
Man and the Biosphere Programme
Vietnam has eight zones that are world biosphere reserves: Red River Delta (Ninh Bình, Nam ??nh, Thái Bình), Cát Bà National Park (Hai Phong), western Ngh? An, Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, Cape Cà Mau National Park (Cà Mau), Cát Tiên National Park (??ng Nai) and C?n Gi? (Ho Chi Minh City).
National tourist area
Vietnam now has 21 national tourist areas, major tourist sites that are state recognized:
Sa Pa (Lào Cai), Ba B? (B?c K?n), H? Long Bay - Cát Bà Island (Qu?ng Ninh, Hai Phong), Ba Vì National Park (Hanoi), Perfume Pagoda (Hanoi), C? Loa Citadel (Hanoi), Tam C?c-Bích ??ng (Ninh Bình), Kim Liên (Ngh? An), Phong Nha-K? Bàng National Park (Qu?ng Bình), Ho Chi Minh trail (Qu?ng Tr?), L?ng Cô - H?i Vân Pass - Non Nuoc (Th?a Thiên-Hu? and Da Nang), H?i An (Qu?ng Nam), Van Phong Bay (Khánh Hòa), Phan Thi?t - M?i Né (Bình Thu?n), Dankia - Yellow Springs, Lake Tuyen Lam (Lâm ??ng), For Hours (Ho Chi Minh City), Côn ??o (Bà R?a-V?ng Tàu), Long Hai beach (Bà R?a-V?ng Tàu), Phú Qu?c (Kiên Giang), Biosphere Reserve Cape Cà Mau (Cà Mau).
Cities
Since 2014, Hanoi has consistently been voted in the world's top ten destinations by TripAdvisor. It ranked 8th in 2014, 4th in 2015 and 8th in 2016.
In 2014, Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City appeared in TripAdvisor's 2014 Traveler's Choice Awards for the top 25 destinations in Asia. Hanoi was ranked second, Hoi An tenth and Ho Chi Minh City eighteenth.
International tourist arrivals
International airports
Air travel is the most popular form of travel for international arrivals to Vietnam; in 2013, nearly 6 million of the 7.6 million total international arrivals were by air.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport, which serves Ho Chi Minh City, is the busiest airport with the largest visitor volume. On the other hand, Noi Bai International Airport, serving Hanoi, is the largest airport in terms of land area and total capacity after its opening of the modern international terminal. Other major airports include Da Nang International Airport, Cam Ranh International Airport and Cat Bi International Airport.
Military tourism
Due to historical and traditional militaristic history of Vietnam, military tourism has been focused.
There are numerous historical sites from the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War. Also there are a lot of other historical warfare sides dating back from ancient to medieval era of Vietnam.
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