The Southeast Asian country received 2.28 million international tourists in 2022, up 1, 058 per cent from a year earlier, a news agency quoted the report as saying.

With the target to position itself as an ideal tourism destination in Southeast Asia, Vietnam will develop a quality and sustainable industry to draw high-spending and long-stay visitors.

The project includes key tasks and solutions, especially digital marketing activities and the application of digital technology to build databases serving tourism marketing strategies.

As per revenue generated from international tourism, Spain was once again ranked first in Europe throughout 2022, with an amount of €64.8 billion generated by the end of November.

The event connected regional and international tourism stakeholders with the Saudi travel market, the state news agency (QNA) quoted Qatar Tourism as saying in a press release.

Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) president Chhay Sivlin told The Post on February 19 that the annual “world-class event” will be watched by “millions around the world”, and see high levels of engagement, fuelled by every market’s determination to restore tourism post-COVID.

According to World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the number of jobs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are forecast to have reached 305,000 in 2022, the same level as before the pandemic.

In 2023, the government plans to strengthen the promotion of international tourism to target markets and maintain the marketing to the domestic audience with a wider scope.

As one of the world’s largest outbound tourism markets before the COVID-19 pandemic, China resumed outbound group tours on Monday, signifying huge potential growth in neighboring countries’ tourism revenue, including that of the Philippines.

While the number of foreign visitors was already at 92% of its pre-Covid level in July, the gap remained intact in the second half of the year.