Vietnam won big at the ASEAN Tourism Awards 2024 with 25 destinations and establishments named in six categories, namely ASEAN Green Hotel, ASEAN Clean Tourist City, ASEAN MICE Venue Award for Meeting Room, ASEAN MICE Venue Award for Exhibition Venue, ASEAN MICE Venue Award for Event Venue, and ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award for Gastronomy Tourism theme.
Compared to 2023, the number of Vietnamese destinations and establishments receiving awards has increased significantly.
The achievements at the ASEAN Tourism Awards reflect the ongoing efforts to improve the quality and reputation of Vietnamese tourism.
It also reflects the strong recovery of Vietnam's tourism sector.
The ASEAN Tourism Awards ceremony is part of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024 held in Laos.
This annual event honors localities and entities for their high-quality tourism products and services, contributing to the sustainable development of ASEAN tourism destinations.
This creates a space for cooperation to promote this region to become an attractive tourist destination globally.
Themed "Quality and Responsible Tourism Sustaining ASEAN Future", the ATF 2024 ran between January 22-27.
At the event, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung suggested that ASEAN countries should host large-scale international conferences, exhibitions, and tourism festivals together in the future. He also emphasised the need to enhance transportation connectivity in the region to facilitate tourism.
He believed that the improved mobility and tighter connectivity between ASEAN countries and destinations would rapidly boost regional tourism development./.
