According to the General Statistics Office, February coincides with Tet, the demand for consumption, shopping, and travel increases by 8.5% compared to the same period last year, reaching over trillions of dong. Specifically, the group of food and groceries increased by 14.9%; household appliances and equipment increased by 22.6%; clothing increased by 20.8%; accommodation and dining services increased by 18.4%; and travel increased by 60% compared to the same period last year.
Overall, in the first two months of the year, the total retail sales of goods and consumer services at current prices are estimated at over 1,000 trillion dong, an increase of 8.1% compared to the same period last year (an increase of 14.7% compared to the same period in 2023), if excluding the price factor of 5% (an increase of 10.9% compared to the same period in 2023).
Total retail sales of goods and consumer services at current prices in the first two months of 2020-2024.
Retail sales revenue is estimated at nearly 800 trillion dong, accounting for 77.4% of the total sales and a 6.8% increase compared to the same period last year (excluding the price factor of 4.5%).
Revenue from travel services is estimated at 9,000 trillion dong, accounting for 0.9% of the total revenue and a 35.8% increase compared to the same period last year. The highest revenue growth is in Ha Nam with 88%; followed by Da Nang with 86.3%; Hanoi with 49.8%; Ho Chi Minh City with 23%; Quang Ninh with 21.5%; Can Tho with 9%; Hai Phong with 4%. The revenue from other services is about 105.9 trillion dong.
In terms of accommodation and dining services revenue, it is estimated at nearly 120 trillion dong, accounting for 11.5% of the total revenue and a 14% increase compared to the same period last year. Some localities with high growth rates are: Ninh Binh with 35%; Kien Giang with 24%; Da Nang with 22.7%; Quang Ninh with 20.8%; An Giang with 20.5%; Ho Chi Minh City with 18.6%; Hanoi with 17.4%; Ha Nam with 13.4%; Can Tho with 10.8%; Hai Phong with 10.5%.
The number of international visitors to Vietnam in February reached over 1.5 million, an increase of 1.3% compared to the previous month and a 64.1% increase compared to the same period last year. In the first two months of the year, international visitors to our country reached over 3 million, almost equal to the same period in 2019 – before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Out of the total of over 3 million international visitors to Vietnam in the first two months of this year, visitors arriving by air reached nearly 2.6 million, accounting for 84.2% of the total international visitors to Vietnam and 1.6 times higher than the same period last year; visitors arriving by land reached nearly 390,000, accounting for 12.8% and 2.5 times higher; visitors arriving by sea reached over 90,000, accounting for 3% and 7 times higher.
