Vietnam visitation slides

THE number of Australians travelling to Vietnam declined 8.5% year-on-year in Feb to 26,700, according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.The monthly Overseas Arrivals and Departures statistics also showed declines in outbound travel to Thailand (down 5.4%), Singapore (down 2.2%) and the USA (down 1.2%).Overall short term resident returns for the month were 3.5% higher than in Feb 2018, with a 13% increase in travel to China, while other strong outbound markets