Vietnam<\/span> welcomed a record number of foreign tourists in 2025, as a resurgence of Chinese visitors<\/span> and relaxed visa policies helped lure travellers.<\/div>\n
The Southeast Asian<\/span> nation received around 21.2 million international visitors last year, up 20 per cent, according to the National Statistics Office. Its previous peak was 18 million, recorded in 2019 before the pandemic.<\/div>\n
Vietnam\u2019s surge is part of a broader realignment in Southeast Asia\u2019s multibillion-dollar tourism industry, largely at the expense of regional titan Thailand<\/span>.<\/div>\n
Visitors from China, Vietnam\u2019s largest source of tourists, climbed 41.3 per cent year-on-year to 5.3 million, topping the 4.5 million such visitors to Thailand, where the abduction of an actor and border war concerns led to a slide in Chinese traveller numbers.<\/p>\n
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Why are Chinese tourists wary of going to Thailand and has it become a dangerous place to travel?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n