Atthe conference, Vietnamese Ambassador-designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung saidthere is great potential of tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand,citing statistics that nearly half a million Thai tourists visited Vietnam and900,000 Vietnamese travelled to Thailand last year.
Heheld that the signing of MoUs on tourism linkages at the conference will helppromote cooperation between the two countries in the field.
ViceChairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Pairat Burapachaisri took note of Khanh Hoa’s advantages, particularly its NhaTrang city, a popular beach destination for foreign holidaymakers.
SaranyaSakontanarak from the Thailand-Vietnam Business Council also said Khanh Hoa ishome to many quality tourism destinations, meeting the needs of varioussegments of tourists. She urged Thai businesses to explore investmentopportunities in the Vietnamese province.
Onthe occasion, the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa tourism association signed an MoU oncooperation with the Thai Tourism Association./.