According to the General Statistics Office, the number of international visitors to Vietnam in February 2025 reached nearly 1.9 million, bringing the total number of international visitors in the first two months of the year to nearly 4 million, an increase of 30.2% over the same period last year.

China continued to be the largest market sending visitors with 956,000 arrivals (accounting for 27.7%). South Korea ranked second, reaching 885,000 arrivals. These two markets had an outstanding number of arrivals, contributing 46% of the total number of visitors to Vietnam.

Next is Taiwan (China) in third place with 218,000 visits, the US ranked fourth with 180,000 visits.

In the top 10 largest markets of Vietnamese tourism, there are also Japan, Cambodia, Australia, Malaysia, and India.

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The Chinese market returns to the leading position in the number of visitors to Vietnam. Photo: chinhphu.vn

Notably, the Russian tourist market (79,000 arrivals) has returned to the top 10 markets sending customers to Vietnam. This number is expected to increase further because from March 16, hundreds of flights connecting 11 Russian cities to Nha Trang will be restored after 3 years of suspension due to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In terms of growth momentum, the Chinese market is leading with the strongest growth rate of up to 77.8%, while other markets are increasing steadily such as Korea 4.9%, Taiwan 10.1%, the US 15.7%, Japan 37.3%.

Potential markets India also saw a good increase of 16.3% and Australia increased by 7.6% over the same period in 2024.

According to the Tourism Information Center (Vietnam National Administration of Tourism), markets in Europe continue to grow impressively, especially markets that enjoy unilateral visa exemption policies such as: UK increased by 24.1%, France increased by 30.2%, Germany 26.7%), Italy 31.5%, Spain nearly 20%, Russia 104.3%, Denmark 20.9%, Sweden 21.8% and Norway 21.4%.

In addition, the Polish and Swiss markets also recorded an increase in the number of visitors, 54.2% and 14.2% respectively compared to the same period in 2024. Along with the Czech Republic, citizens of these countries coming to Vietnam are exempt from short-term visas from March 1 to December 31, 2025 under the 2025 Tourism Development Stimulus Program.

This policy is expected to create momentum to attract more visitors from these three European markets in 2025.

This year, the tourism industry aims to welcome 22-23 million international visitors.

International arrivals to Vietnam hit a record high in the first month of the year International arrivals to Vietnam in January 2025 hit a record high, reaching nearly 2.1 million, due to the peak season and favorable visa policies.