A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 9 to honour the top Vietnamese travel businesses and to present the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2018 to enterprises that significantly contributed to the growth of Vietnamese tourism.
The Tourism Department of Ho Chi Minh City and Cuba’s Tourism Ministry, along with travel businesses of both sides have inked cooperation deals aiming to create a legal foundation for organising tours to the Caribbean nation, according to Sai Gon Giai phong newspaper.
Thua Thien-Hue province has been taking numerous measures to truly turn tourism into a spearhead industry, and these efforts have resulted in encouraging outcomes.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong welcomed more than 1.6 million visitors in the first quarter of 2018, up 10.3 percent year-on-year and fulfilling 25 percent of the province’s yearly plan.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the State Steering Committee on Tourism, cut the ribbon to kick start the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2018 in Hanoi on March 29.
Ho Chi Minh City is a treasure trove of annual festivals like southern fruit festival and southern cuisine festival that can be developed as local typical tourism products to attract both domestic and international tourists.
Vice Chairwoman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Vu Thi Thu Thuy has requested authorities of Ha Long city to finalize measures to manage sport services on Ha Long Bay and report to the committee later this month.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has called for travel companies’ cooperation to attract 7 million foreign tourists to the city in 2017.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed with a proposal to target Phu Yen into a tourism infrastructure development project funded by the Asian Development Bank.
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam in July this year reached 846,311, a rise of 41.2 percent year on year, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Many provisions in the 2005 Law on Tourism are outdated and impractical in the context of global integration and needed to be revised, tourism experts have said.
Vietnamese travel agencies are actively making preparations as they anticipate both opportunities and challenges in a more competitive environment when the ASEAN Community is established.
Tourism in Ho Chi Minh City has been growing unprecedentedly over the
past decades, contributing 11 percent of the economic hub’s GDP. The
growth can be partly attributed to the city’s drive to promote tourism
through the annual International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City (ITE
HCMC).
The 2015 Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM) is running from
April 3-6 at the Vietnam Exhibition & Fair Centre in Hanoi with an
estimated 3,000 participating enterprises and 65,000 visitors.
Promoting Vietnam as an attractive Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and
Exhibition (MICE) destination will be a key factor in developing the
nation's tourism sector, said director of Hoa Binh Tourist and
Convention Company Nguyen Khac Huyen.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has unveiled a
plan to promote the tourism industry overseas with a target to welcome 8
million foreign visitors this year.
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