Sunday, May 17, 2009

Tourism Industry in Vietnam

In the  past  few  year the  economy  of Vietnam has  undergone  a  sea  change  and  as a  result  of this  the  economy of the  country has  experienced a  rapid growth.  A number of new industries were established in the country where as a number of other industries that were already there were revamped for expansion. There are a few service based industries in Vietnam as well.  The most well known among the service based industries is tourism. 

Tourism in Vietnam has  become  one of the major  industries.  Vietnam  has   grown into one of the most  popular  tourist destinations in Southeast  Asia.  Every  year  millions of  international tourists  come  to visit this wonderful  country  that  is  full of natural beauty as well as historical  sites.  The hill destinations of the country like  Sa Pa  has  become a romantic  vacation destination. Apart from that there are a few world heritage sites  in the  country.  People from different corners of the world come to visit these beautiful tourist destinations.

The  growth in tourism  have   also given  rise  to the  number of  hotels  as well as  other tourism based industries in the  country. And the industry is growing  at a rapid rate. in the  year 2004 services accounted for 38.2% of gross domestic product in Vietnam. The annual average  rate of growth of this  industry was 0.6% for ten  years. In the  year 2004 Vietnam received 2.9 million international tourists.  In the  year 2003  the  number of  tourists  visiting the  country was 2.4 million. According  to the facts  from  the  year  1999 to  2004 the tourism  industry experienced a growth of  almost  63%. A number of plans are being implemented for the further grown in the tourism industry.  New airports, hotel and  other facilities are being made.  Promotions are also being done to attract more and  more foreign tourists to Vietnam.

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