The coronavirus outbreak could cost Vietnam $4 billion in lost tourism in just 3 months, according to the country’s department of tourism

• The coronavirus outbreak is expected to cause $3 to $4 billion in direct damage to Vietnam’s tourism industry, Vietnam’s department of tourism told Business Insider.
• Coronavirus “is expected to cause huge damage to Vietnam’s tourism industry in the short and medium term,” a representative for the department of tourism said.
• The loss of Chinese visitors is weighing heavily on Vietnam, where roughly a third of international tourists are from China.
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Vietnam’s tourism industry is already taking an economic hit due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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