Chairman of the Ha Long city People’s Committee Nguyen Tien Dung (R) visits the Indian counple on February 18 evening. (Photo: VNA The wedding of Indian billionaire groom VivekDinodiya, Director of PL Global Impex Pte Ltd, and bride Anmol Garg, held fromFebruary 16 to 18, hosted hundreds of guests, including Indian governmentofficials, representatives from the Indian Embassy in Vietnam, and prominententrepreneurs from India and Southeast Asian countries.
Chairman of the Ha Long city People’s CommitteeNguyen Tien Dung on February 18 evening came to present a gift to the couple.
This is the second time Ha Long has been chosen byIndian billionaires as their preferred wedding venue. In February last year, anotherwealthy Indian groom Dhruv Taneja and his bride Shravya Bakliwal attractedover 400 guests.
Quang Ninh is working to attract holidaymakers fromIndia, home to over 1.4 billion people, and Muslim-majority countries with morethan 1.7 billion Muslims, representing nearly a quarter of the world's population.
With close to 300 million Muslims, Southeast Asia isseen as a promising market for tourism in Quang Ninh.
Nguyen Huyen Anh, Deputy Director in charge of the ProvincialDepartment of Tourism, said to lure Muslim visitors, Quang Ninh needs to have goodinfrastructure suitable to their habits and Halal-certified products, andinvite Muslim experts to train its tourism workers.
In 2023, the province welcomed many Muslim delegationsfrom India, organised a workshop to seek solutions to attract Muslim tourists,and encouraged lodging facilities to upgrade their infrastructure to servethese tourists.
It expects to welcome about 17 million tourists thisyear, including at least 3 million international arrivals./.
VNA
