I. Tourist Performance in 2012 1.1. Major indicators General Viet Nam achieved a substantial growth compared to the 2011 performance in all major indicators: Foreign visitor arrivals: 6.8 million (+13%); Domestic visitors: 32.5 million (+8%); Tourism receipt: USD 7.7 billion (+23 %). Table 1. The major indicators of Viet Nam tourism in 2012 Number of Foreign Visitor Arrivals Number of Domestic Visitors Tourism Receipt (US$ Millions) in 2012 Hotels Number of Star and Non-Star Hotels Number of Star and Non-Star Rooms Number of 3-5 Star Hotels Number of Rooms in 3-5 Star Hotels Average Occupancy Rate in Non-Star and Star Hotels (%) Foreign Arrivals by Mode of Transport - Most of foreign visitors arrived Viet Nam by air (82%); - A significant number of foreign visitor arrived by land (14%); - A 4% share of foreign visitors arriving by sea (equal to 285,546 visitors) was a significant growth compared with 1% share (equal to 46,321 visitors) in 2011. 13,500 285,000 511 53,205 58 6,847,678 32.5 million 7.692
Figure 1. Foreign Visitor Arrivals to Viet Nam by Mode of Transport
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Source: General Department of Statistics of Viet Nam (2012) Foreign Visitor Arrivals by Purposes - A vast majority of foreign arrivals visited Viet Nam for leisure purposes while equal shares of 17% came to Viet Nam for business and visiting relatives and friends.
Figure 2. Foreign visitor arrivals to Viet Nam by purposes Source: General Department of Statistics of Viet Nam (2012) 1.2. Foreign Arrivals by Country of Residence - The Northeast Asian countries, especially three ASEAN partners China, South Korea and Japan ranked the first three positions in volume of foreign visitor arrivals respectively. The other was Taiwan (ranking 5th); - Cambodia (6th), Malaysia (7th) and Thailand (9th) were the three ASEAN countries among the top ten countries/territory sending most visitors to Viet Nam. - Foreign arrivals from the U.S., Australia and France were among