Vietnam among top 50 global tourist destinations

Welcoming approximately 6 million foreign visitors a year, Vietnam is among the top 50 attractive tourist destinations globally.  It stands just behind Japan (with 6.2 million) and ahead of Australia (5.9 million), Argentina (5.7 million), and Brazil (5.4 million).

Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, are the only three countries in Southeast Asia placed on the top 50 venue list, with Thailand positioned 15thand Indonesia 31st.

France is the world’s biggest tourist destination, receiving more than 81.4 million visitors, or nearly 20 million more than the US, even though the latter is over 15 times the size of the former.

China comes in third with 57.6 million visitors, followed by Spain (56.7 million), Italia (46.1 million), Turkey (34 million), the UK (29.3 million), Germany (28.4 million), Russia (24.9 million), and Malaysia (24.7 million).

The website ranks 165 countries in the world.