American Michael Burger said he is happy to hear that Vietnam is considering visa waivers for nationals of more countries.
“I would certainly hope the U.S. will be included on this list as there are a lot of high spending visitors coming from the U.S. and, more importantly, more and more group tours and cruises.”
Many Southeast Asian countries like Thailand have already waived visas for American citizens and Vietnam should follow suit, he said.
He visited HCMC last month for a week and plans another short visit at the end of March.
Pritesh Mehta of India also hoped his country would be on the list.
“We’re the fastest growing economy in the world and [Indians] have more spending power. Indians have recently been spending a lot on travel and leisure activities.”
Sixty two countries including Thailand and Malaysia do not require Indians to obtain visas.
India is Vietnam’s fastest growing tourism source market with the number of visitors last year from that country increasing by 231% from…
