Vietnam attracts big spenders

Vietnam in September alone welcomed 350,000 foreign tourists, raising
the total number of foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2007
to 3.2 million, up 18 percent year-on-year.

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The country saw increases in the number of tourists from countries and
territories that are renowned for high consumer spending levels such
as Hong Kong - up 31 percent; Japan, 14 percent; the Republic of
Korea, 22 percent; Russia, 60 percent; France, 40 percent, and the
Netherlands, 42 percent.

Tourists from ASEAN countries were also on the rise as Indonesian,
Singaporean, Thai and Malaysian arrivals surged by between 12-61
percent.

Room occupancy rates in key tourist sites all exceeded 70 percent
throughout the country, while 4-5 star hotels in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh
City and Nha Trang Vietnam reported having between 90-100 percent of
their rooms booked.

The number of domestic tourists going abroad to Thailand, Singapore,
Malaysia and China also were on the rise.

Travel businesses in the country expect that outbound tours will swell
in number as a number of foreign airways continue to offer budget
services from Vietnam.
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