(VOVworld) – More than 3.2 million foreign tourists came to Vietnam in the first quarter of this year, up 29% against the same period last year, announced the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism on Tuesday.

Cua Ong Temple in Quang Ninh province (Photo: Duc Anh)

Vietnam aims to receive 11.5 million foreign arrivals and 66 million domestic tourists, earning more than 20 billion USD this year.

A German tourist couple pose at the model of Truong Sa milestone at a photo exhibition “Youths for homeland sea and islands” in 2017. (Photo: Duc Anh)

Since the beginning of this year, the Vietnamese hospitality industry has increased its promotion and cooperation activities abroad.

In March, Vietnam participated in the ASEAN-China Tourism Cooperation Year 2017 in the Philippines and the International Travel and Tourism Exhibition, one of the world’s biggest tourism fairs, in Moscow.