[QQ]In 2000, 2.14 million foreign tourists and 11 million local tourists added about US$1.2 billion to Vietnam's tourism pocket. In the first ten months of this year, 1.95 million foreign visitors and 9.7 million local visitors contributed US$600 million to tourism. Although the number of visitors has not decreased, profits have stagnated. The reason is that visitors, especially foreign visitors, do not spend much during their stays. According to a report from the Tourism Development and Research Institute, the expenditure of visitors in Vietnam is still modest. The average amount for a foreign visitor is US$75 a day, a local one about VND300,000/day. In Thailand a foreign visitor spends US$100 a day, in Indonesia US$118/day, in the Philippines US$137 and in Cambodia US$90. The high average expenditure per person, plus long stays, create big profits for these countries. In 2000, Singapore grossed US$6.4 billion from tourists, Thailand US$6.8 billion, Malaysia US$5 billion and US$6 billion for Indonesia. Foreign tourists in Vietnam varied in spending habits: Japanese (US$150/day), French (US$100/day), English (US$100/day), American, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese and visitors from South East countries follow respectively. Japanese women top the spending list with US$200 a day on handicrafts and clothes.