5. International arrivals Number of foreign visitors to Vietnam Thous. visitors 2008 TOTAL 4235.8 By some nationalities Taiwanese 303.2 Japanese 393.1 French 182.1 America 414.8 English 107.1 Thai 182.4 Chinese 643.3 By main purpose of journey Tourism 2612.9 Business 844.3 Visiting friend & relative 510.5 Others 268.1 By means of transport Air ways 3283.2 Water ways 151.7 Roads 800.9
50. Outbreak of SARS Main purpose of the visitors to Vietnam Years Both number of visitors for Business and visiting friends and relatives purposes increase gradually while number of visitors for tourism increased sharply in the past decade.
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52. 2)Influence of culture on Target customers and type of the hotel in Vietnam What’s more! a)Tourists - Mainly came from the countries located in Asia (e.g. China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand) Short geographical distance ∴ Cost of Journey↓ ∴More visitors sent↑ ∴ Hotels are needed to accommodate them Fusion with Multi-Culture -Around 1,000,000 Hua Kieu (oversea Chinese) in Vietnam & Chinese culture brought to the Vietnam -Next to Thailand, infected by Thai Culture as well ∴ Vietnamese are used to duel with Asians & little conflicts will be come up when Hotels in Vietnam receive guests in Asia 2008 Vietnam tourism inflow Country of Origin Number of Visitors ( Thou.) China 643 United States 414.8 Japan 393.1 Taiwan 303.2 Thailand 182.4 France 182.1 United Kingdom 107.1 1998 2008 Total Visitors (Thou.) 1520.1 4235.8
53. 2)Influence of culture on Target customers and type of the hotel in Vietnam What’s more! Points mentioned before give the explanations of the large numbers visitors sent to Vietnam from ASIA. BUT, How about the abnormal large number of visitors sent from France and United States that are not located in Asia? 2008 Vietnam tourism inflow Country of Origin Number of Visitors ( Thou.) China 643 United States 414.8 Japan 393.1 Taiwan 303.2 Thailand 182.4 France 182.1 United Kingdom 107.1 1998 2008 Total Visitors (Thou.) 1520.1 4235.8
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Editor's Notes
Here comes the record of In. A. in Vietnam, citied from the Vietnam Statistic Office. In 2008, there are 4235.8thousand visitors And it manifests the distributions of nationalities, purpose of journey, means of transport
For all the huge damages generated by the War, the Vietnam government putted his endeavors into the recovery work of the economy and making a great progress. Now, education from age 6 to 11 is free and mandatory. Regardless, school enrollment is among the highest in the world and the number of colleges and universities increased quite dramatically in recent years, from 178 in 2000 to 299 in 2005. Vietnam is still a relatively poor country with an annual GDP of US$3,300 per capita at purchasing power parity.
