Vietnam enjoys growing tourism contribution to GDP
VOV.VN - The direct contribution of tourism to Vietnam’s GDP was nearly US$12.57 billion, or 6.6% of GDP, ranking 40th among 184 nations in the world.
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In 2015, the total contribution of the tourism sector to Vietnam’s GDP hit US$26.32 billion, accounting for 13.9%.
The sector also created 6,035,500 jobs, accounting for 11.2% of total employment, including 2,783,000 direct jobs, or 5.2%.
Vietnam earned US$9.6 billion from international visitor exports, accounting for 5.6% of the total export value.
Last year, Vietnam welcomed 7.94 million foreign visitors, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Investment in the sector also reached US$5.1 billion, or 10.4% of the year’s total investment.
