Chinese tourists pose for photos near Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang Province that borders China, October 2024. Photo by VGI
The number of Chinese tourists visiting Vietnam in 2025 rose 41% year-on-year to 5.2 million while Thailand recorded a 32% decline to 4.5 million, largely due to safety concerns and shifting travel preferences.
Vietnam welcomed a record number of foreign tourists in 2025 with 21.2 million, up 20.4% from the previous year and the highest ever, according to General Statistics Office.
Mainland China was Vietnam’s biggest source of visitors last year followed by South Korea.
The high levels of safety, proximity and affordable travel costs are driving a surge in the number of Chinese visiting Vietnam, according to tourism experts.
Once a tourism powerhouse in Southeast Asia, Thailand struggled with setback after setback last year due to kidnapping, deadly earthquake, border tensions with Cambodia and severe flooding.
Thailand wrapped up 2025 with 329 million foreign tourists, a 7.2% year-on-year decline in what was also the first annual drop in international arrivals in a decade outside the pandemic period, Bloomberg reported.
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