Visitors at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature-National University) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi PromotionAgency (HPA) is working with Japanese travel companies to welcome five groupsof Japanese tourists via charter flights from February 19 to March 4.
Japanese vacationers will visit populardestinations in Hanoi such as Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple ofLiterature-National University), Thang Long Imperial Citadel, and Thang LongWater Puppet Theatre.
According to the HPA, Japan is one of theleading tourism markets of Hanoi. To offset the declining number of Chinesetourists, the agency will focus on other markets such as Japan, the Republic ofKorea, Europe, Australia, and North America.
The effective control of the acute respiratorydisease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vietnam and Hanoi inparticular is an advantage over other nations to draw international tourists,the centre said.
Vietnam aims to welcome 2 million Japanesevisitors in 2020, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism(VNAT).
Japan will be among the mostimportant tourism markets for Vietnam this year.
Over the years, the VNAT and the Japan NationalTourism Organisation have carried out promotions for various Vietnamesedestinations. The countries’ localities have also strengthened tourismcooperation, particularly between Hanoi and Tokyo.
In the past 10 years, the number of Japanesearrivals to Vietnam has recorded average growth of 8-10 percent.
In 2019 alone, nearly 500,000 Vietnamese people travelledto Japan, a year-on-year increase of 27.3 percent. Meanwhile, Vietnam receivedclose to 1 million Japanese holidaymakers, up 15.2 percent against the previousyear./.
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