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Visa on arrival says its words
Vietnam has seen a 17.3% increase in the number of foreign arrivals between January and July compared to the same period last year, according to the country's National Administration of Tourism. The growth was vivid in air travel, which made up 84% of all modes of entry into the country. A great percentage of these air travelers came with a visa on arrival. A visa-on-arrival is the legal travel document to enter a country obtained at the airport or border gate. Vietnam is considered as one of the countries in the world that have adopted visa-on-arrival policy effectively, according to statistic figures. India, for example, boasted some 800 visas on arrival issued this July while some other countries have suspended the program. Though official statistics has yet to reveal the exact number of approval letter issued to international tourists visiting Vietnam, an estimate based on nationality analyses can give a surprising number. At least 400 visas per day or 12,000 per month are … [Read more...] about Visa on arrival says its words
Visa on arrival: an unpleasant welcome
I returned to Vietnam yesterday (March 19) and utilized again the visa-on-arrival (V-O-A) service. The situation at the V-O-A counter at Tan Son Nhat International Airport was quite chaotic and disorganized, as it has been from the initiation of the program. This wasn't too much of a concern a year ago as the service was not heavily utilized. Now there are many, many visitors expecting to get their visa on arrival. Unfortunately the wait, once one gets to the front of the initial line to drop off your passport, for me yesterday, was about 30 minutes. … [Read more...] about Visa on arrival: an unpleasant welcome
Former tourism chief blames visa rule for Vietnam’s falling tourist arrivals
Editor’s note:Luong Hoai Nam, former deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, says the current visa policy is discouraging international tourists from visiting the country in his op-ed exclusively written for Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Nam’s piece of writing is particularly worth noticing at a time when Vietnam reported its tenth straight drop in tourism arrival number in March, according to the VNAT statistics. The Vietnamese tourism visa policy, especially the complicated procedures to get a visa, is one of the import reasons why the number of international tourists visiting Vietnam did not increase but continuously shrank over the past time. Local tourism authorities attributed the falling number arrivals in ten months in a row to the plunges of the Russian and Chinese markets, while the growths of other markets could not offset for such losses. Such explanation, to me, is only partially correct. Reality is that the tourism visa policy … [Read more...] about Former tourism chief blames visa rule for Vietnam’s falling tourist arrivals
Vietnam will issue tourist visas ‘on arrival’
Vietnam will soon begin issuing tourist visas to foreign travelers when they arrive at airports and border crossings. The head of the travel department of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Vu The Binh, told reporters that the move is intended to boost the nation’s attractiveness to foreign visitors. He predicted that the plan will be implemented “in the coming months,” once the Customs Department adapts its information technology system to accommodate the new system. VNAT and other concerned departments will develop the procedures. At present, visas are issued on arrival only in exceptional cases, when foreign visitors have hired local travel companies to complete visa procedures before flying to Vietnam. Many Vietnamese tourism firms are asking that visitors be spared from this job and be issued a visa upon arrival, as in Thailand and Cambodia. This month, the Government has agreed to charge no visa fees on foreigners who enter the country … [Read more...] about Vietnam will issue tourist visas ‘on arrival’