Chinese tourists decline by nearly 10% in 2012

  Nearly 894,000 people visited Vietnam from mainland China in the first eight months of 2012, a 9.7% drop from the same period of 2011, according to the General Statistics Office.
Ho Chi Minh City – based Lien Bang Travelink said the number of Chinese tourists it served dropped by 30%, while Danang – based Vitours said numbers have dropped sharply from more than 100,000 in 2011.
In 2011, more than 1.4 million Chinese came to the country, a year-on-year increase of 56.5%.
Around 58% by air, 30% normally come by road and the rest by sea.
The tourism industry organised a promotion in Guangzhou City in August and is set to hold road shows in the cities of Xian and Tianjin on the next month. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism plans to invite Chinese media outlets to Vietnam.

(Source: VNS)