Vietnam’s 21 travel and tourism companies are attending the World Travel Market 2009 (WTM) fair that opened in London, the UK on November 9.

Nguyen Thanh Vuong, deputy director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)’s travel market department said Vietnam’s participation in the four-day even aims to promote the country’s image to potential markets, seek new partners and contracts and introduce Vietnam’s preferential policies on investment in the tourism sector.

The WTM 2009 is expected to attract 50,000 visitors and companies from about 200 countries and regions worldwide./.