Tourists from Russia ranked second in the number of visitors to the locality with more than 277,000, a rise of 104 per cent, followed by the Republic of Korea with over 124,000, a huge surge of 336 per cent, and Thailand with nearly 12,000 arrivals, a staggering rise of over 515 per cent. Throughout the reviewed period, the total number of foreign arrivals visiting Khanh Hoa increased by over 129 per cent to more than 2.1 million. This upsurge in the number of foreign arrivals has greatly contributed to accelerating the province’s socio-economic development, generating more jobs, and increasing incomes for residents through business and service activities./.