Tourism Growing in Viet Nam

Between 1990 and now, Viet Nam's industry has continually seen an average growth of more than 20 percent in the number of tourists, she said, adding that the number of foreign visitors is expected to increase to 3.43 million this year from 250,000 in 1990.

Revenues from tourist services, which were only 1.35 trillion VND in 1990, are estimated at 30 trillion VND this year.

The industry has created more than 234,000 direct jobs and over 500,000 indirect jobs, she said.Viet Nam has about 6,000 hotel and inn businesses with 130,000 rooms. Of them 2,575 have been rated one to five-star standards. Viet Nam has 399 travel businesses and thousands of households engaging in tourism services nationwide.

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