From 2023 to 2024, there was a 35% increase in Australian travelers heading to Vietnam. The nation was the ninth most popular destination of Australian travelers last year, when almost 450,000 Australians visited. That was an increase of almost 80% on the figures from a decade ago

Vietnam has become a popular destination, attracting significant interest from Australian media and tourists. To seize new development opportunities and build on these positive trends, the Australia – Vietnam Travel Symposium, along with various side activities, was held on June 18 in Melbourne.

A promotion programme will be held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia, from May 11-17, to promote tourism in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City to Australian tourists, according to Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism.

A Vietnam-Australia trade and tourism promotion conference was held by Vietnam Airlines, Thien Minh Group and Vinpearl JSC in Sydney on April 19, drawing a large number of Australian businesses and travel firms from different Australian localities.

Australia’s tourism newswire Escape has recently published an article hailing Vietnam as an ideal budget destination for Australian tourists.

The average spending by tourists from China, the largest source of visitors to Vietnam, is much lower than that of other nationalities, according to a report by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.