Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh (right) and Standing Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thua Thien-Hue province Nguyen Thanh Binh at the event. (Photo: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province, in coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy inThailand, held a seminar in Bangkok on October 22 to promote its tourism potential and attract more Thai tourists tothe locality.
Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan ChiThanh said that despite severe impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, thetourism industries of Vietnam and Thailand have been making efforts to recover by restoring regular flights and building tourism products in accordancewith customers’ taste.
The ambassador emphasised that Thua Thien-Hue is a famoustourist destination in Vietnam with an unique culturalidentity and cultural characteristics that are similar to Thailand's well-known attractions such as Ayutthaya, Sukhothai, and Bangkok.
Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People'sCommittee Nguyen Thanh Binh said the organisation of the seminar aimed to step upthe dissemination and promotion of tourist destinations and unique products of the province namely such as cuisine and 'Ao dai' (Vietnamese traditional long dress).
Vice President of the Thai Travel Agents Association Shivek Sachdev said that the event offered anopportunity toconnect tourism companies of Thailand and Vietnam, thereby enhancing cooperationin a joint effort to introduce tourism products of Thua Thien-Hue province tothe Thai market.
Participantsat the seminar said that the opening of direct flights between the province andThai localities, especially Bangkok, at the earliest time will contribute topromoting trade exchange and economic, tourism and cultural collaborationbetween the two localities as well as between the two countries.
SomeThai travel firms also suggested that Thien Hue-Hue should coordinate with neighbouringprovinces in central Vietnam to set up tours with diverse forms to attracttourists from Thailand./.
