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A tourist arrival tax of 9 usd will be applied in neighbouring Thailand from 2025 mostly for air travellers which account 70% of total. Such moves moves after other Southeast Asian locations like Bali started charging 10 usd last year, or South Korea also charging arrivals too, some European destinations started years ago. Foresee soon this tourist fee applied in other destinations like Vietnam in the coming future and will see discussions on the topic soon… https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/southeast-asia-s-second-largest-economy-to-impose-9-travel-tax-from-next-year-4809313.html?utm_source=eVnExpress&utm_medium=social_Linkedin&utm_campaign=sharelink_20241030&utm_content=Travel

Tourism figures for first three quarters 2024 in Vietnam reached 12.7 million international arrivals (up 43 % from 2023). Breakdown data for reference: - Asia 10.12 million (S. Korea, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, up 47.7% y-o-y) - Europe 1.4 million (up nearly 40% y-o-y) - Americas 736.600 (up 7.9% y-o-y) - Oceania 391.000 (up 25.8% y-o-y) - Africa 38.800 (up 90.7% y-o-y) Despite September numbers are lower than August (1.27 mill vs. 1.43 mill), full year should achieve the 17-18 million international arrivals forecasted. Font: VNAT https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7249635803750916097/