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Vietnam's Central Coastal province of Quang Nam is targeting to welcome 8.1 million visitors, both domestic and international, in 2020. In 2019, the province received 7.7. million tourists with 4.6 million being foreigners.

Top–10 international tourist source markets for Quang Nam are South Korea, Australia, the UK, France, Mainland China, Germany, the US, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan with visitors from South Korea outnumbering visitors from other countries. Visitors from Asia Pacific have replaced Europeans including visitors from Spain and the Netherlands who used to be among key tourists in Quang Nam.

Quang Nam is the only province in Vietnam which is home to two locations recognised as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The first one is Hoi An ancient town, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th–19th century. Hoi An's popularity sky-rocketed during the last two decades with the number of tourists in 1999 hardly reaching 100,000 visitors to 2.5 million travelles the town welcomed last year.

The second one is My Son sanctuary, a cluster of abandoned Hindu temples dating back to 4–14th century and built by Kings of Champa.

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