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information, tour advisory and planning; tourist guide and tourist agent
(setting for other units).

Domestic tourists are Vietnamese citizens, foreigners permanently
residing or working in Vietnam and foreign nationalities coming to
Vietnam who are leaving their regular residence for another place within
Vietnam’s territory for a consecutive period of less than 12 months with
the main purpose of not conducting activities to earn their living in the

destination.

Expenditure of domestic tourists is the sum of money spent by
domestic tourists in advance (to prepare for the trip) and during the trip
(personal expenditure such as food, accommodation, travel ...;).
Expenditure of domestic tourists excludes the following: (1) Purchase of
goods for business purposes - buying goods for resale to tourists, buying
goods for business to be incorporated in the trip; (2) Money for
investment, contract transactions of tourists such as investment in the

purchase of houses and land, real estate and other valuable assets (such as
vehicles, trucks, boats, second house), eventhough the purchase of these
assets for future travel spent on this trip; (3) Cash granted for relatives and
friends during the trip.

Formula for calculation of average number of staying days per
tourist, average expenditure per visitor and average expenditure per day
per tourist.

Average number of staying = Total staying days
days per tourist Total tourists

Average expenditure = Total expenditures of tourists
per tourist Total tourists

Average expenditure = Average expenditure per tourist
per day per tourist Average number of staying days per tourist

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