The number of Vietnamese visitors to Japan in the first 11 months of 2023 reached a new record 536,800, surpassing the previous record of 495,051 visitors achieved in 2019, according to statistics of the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO).

Both China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have announced that they will loosen their visa policy for several countries, including Vietnam, with the aim of further boosting economic and tourism development.

Vietnamese are among those who crave holidaying abroad the most across Southeast Asia, according to GrabAds’s latest SEA Travel Insights 2023 report.

Vietnam has taken the lead in ASEAN in terms of the number of tourists to the Republic of Korea (RoK) amounting to 350,000 over the past ninth months, or 77% of the yearly set target (420,000 arrivals).

The Visa Global Travel Intentions Study (GTI) 2023 has shown that nearly all Vietnamese respondents are inclined to use cashless payment methods while traveling to streamline transactions and enhance their overall travel experience.

Several travel businesses in Da Lat, a resort town in the Central Highland of Lam Dong, are offering visa-free tours departing from Lien Khuong airport and heading to the Republic of Korea (RoK), with the first flights set to start in early July.

As the holiday season approaches, many Vietnamese travellers are opting for outbound tours due to the significant increase the price of domestic flights, according to travel agents and tour operators.

Many travel companies announced this year, during the long holidays of April 30 and May 1, people prefer foreign tours to domestic tours.

Chinese localities bordering Vietnam such as Guangxi and Yunnan received their first groups of Vietnamese tourists after a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Japan National Tourism Organisation in Vietnam (JNTO) said on March 15 that the number of Vietnamese travelers visiting Japan hit a record high of 55,800 in February, far exceeding the figure recorded in the pre-pandemic period.

The number of tourists choosing foreign tours accounted for 55 to 65 per cent of the total domestic and foreign tours.

Almost four in five travelers in Asia are eager to travel internationally in 2023 as concerns around inflation and rising costs will likely not stop travelers from packing their bags, reported a Klook study in nine markets, including Vietnam.

Vietnamese tourists are reluctant to travel to China after this country announced that it will open its border.

Vietnamese tourists are tending to choose destinations in Northeast Asia such as Japan, Taiwan (China), and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for short New Year holidays, according to survey conducted by travel firms.

The Japan National Tourism Organisation on November 15 launched a campaign to promote Japanese tourism in Vietnam, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties (1973-2023).

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on October 25 that it is working to verify news that about 100 Vietnamese tourists have gone missing after entering the Republic of Korea (RoK) through Yangyang International Airport.

Vietnamese tourists in groups of five or more in designated travel companies will enjoy the visa exemption policy at Yangyang International Airport in South Korea’s Gangwon Province with a maximum stay of 15 days from June 1, 2022.

Vietnam ranked first in terms of the number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first eight months of 2022, with over 160,000 arrivals, according to the Japanese National Travel Organisation (JNTO) Representative Office in Vietnam.

After almost three years of disruption Japan is fully reopening its borders to foreign tourists and other arrivals as of October 11, providing a chance for many international travelers, including those from Vietnam.