Foreign visitors visit Vietnam (Photo: VNA)The workshop tookplace at the Pragati Maidan Fair-Exhibition Centre where South Asia’s leading travel trade show SATTE2017 is underway with the participation of 40 countries and territoriesworldwide.
In his openingspeech at the event, Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh informed participantson tourism potentials of Vietnam.
He said Vietnam attracted10 million foreign visitors last year thanks to its UNESCO heritage, diverse landscapes,convenient transport infrastructure and friendly people.
Vietnam has emergedas an enthralling destination for international tourists, particularly thosefrom India, he noted, adding that about 100,000 Indians travelled to thecountry in 2016, up over 5 times from 2010.
Thanh said tourismcooperation is yet to reflect Vietnam-India special traditional relations andhoped that the situation will change once the low-budget airline Vietjet Airopens a direct route between the two countries in mid-2017.
He called on VietjetAir as well as Indian and Vietnamese travel companies to take the opportunityto expand their operations and partnerships.
At the event,representatives of Vietjet Air and a number of Vietnamese travel companies,such as Saigontourist, Viettravel, and Hanoi Red Tour, presented their profilesand tourism products.-VNA
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