
Quang Binh (VNA) – Tourism packages connecting famous destinationsin the central province of Quang Binh and Thailand’s northern province ofChiang Mai will be offered to tourists from both countries thanks to theopening of Dong Hoi-Chiang Mai air route.
More than 140 travel companies from Quang Binh province and Thai northernlocalities like Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang and Payao popularised andexchanged standout tourism products of their own localities at a conferenceheld in Dong Hoi city on August 25.
Quang Binh and Chiang Mai provinces own huge potential to develop tourism asthey have diverse tourism products and share numerous similarities in naturebeauty, historic-cultural relic sites, and cuisines.
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Afterthe conference, Vietnamese and Thai travel companies inked contracts to supplytourism services via the Dong Hoi-Chiang Mai air route.
Earlier, the local Department of Tourism joined hands with the TourismAuthority of Thailand and Chiang Mai Tourist Business Association organisedfam-trip and press-trip for Thai travel agencies and press to Vietnam.
From August 21-24, the delegations visited tourist attractions in Quang Namprovince, Da Nang city as well as discovered the magnificent cave system inQuang Binh. They also studied tourism services in Dong Hoi city and PhongNha-Ke Bang National Park.-VNA