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Vietnam to attend ASEAN Tourism Forum in Cambodia

Vietnam will attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022, themed “a Community of Peace and Shared Future” in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, from January 16 – 20.
Vietnam to attend ASEAN Tourism Forum in Cambodia ảnh 1People wear face masks to avoid COVID-19 infection in Phnom Penh in May 2020. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will attend the ASEANTourism Forum (ATF) 2022, themed “a Community of Peace and Shared Future” in Sihanoukville,Cambodia, from January 16 – 20.

It is the largest event within the ASEAN tourism cooperation framework.

The forum will feature a series of major events, such as the 25th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting, the TourismMinisters Meetings between ASEAN and partner countries (China, the Republic ofKorea, Japan, India and Russia), the International Travel Expo TRAVEX, and the ASEAN Tourism AwardCeremony.

In this year’s ASEAN Tourism Award, Vietnam has won four outof the five categories, namely ASEAN Green Hotel Awards, ASEAN MICE Venue Awards,ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awards, and ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Awards.

Vietnam’s pavilion at TRAVEX 2022 will be themed “Live Fullyin Vietnam”, with the participation of popular tourist destinations, touroperators and luxurious hotels and resorts from the country.

The ATF was first organised in Kuala Lumpur in1981. The event was hosted by Vietnam twice, in Hanoi in 2009 and in Quang Ninhin 2019.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism,ASEAN is one of Vietnam’s major source of tourists. In 2019, tourist arrivalsfrom ASEAN totaled nearly 2.1 million, mostly from Thailand, Malaysia, Singaporeand Cambodia. The figure accounted for about 11.6 percent of Vietnam’s foreignvisitors./.
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