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(VEN) - Vietnam expects to welcome one million tourists from Chinese Taipei, and this territory hopes to attract 500,000 Vietnamese visitors in 2017, Shi Rui Qi, Chief Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi, said at a recent workshop held by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau in Hanoi. Vietnam and Chinese Taipei expect strong increases in two-way tourist flows The workshop was one of Chinese Taipei’s major tourism promotion activities in Vietnam this year. It provided Vietnamese tourism and travel firms with the latest information about Chinese Taipei tourism, and better knowledge of the visa policy for tourist groups, in an effort to increase the number of Vietnamese tourists to Chinese Taipei. According to the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, since November 2015, Chinese Taipei has welcomed 1,800 groups with 28,597 tourists under a specific e-visa program. In the first two months of this year, more than 40,000 Vietnamese tourists visited Chinese Taipei, a … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Chinese Taipei promote mutual tourism

A range of activities have been carried out by Vietnam tourism sector and other related authorities to realise the single ASEAN visa policy. Currently, Vietnam is taking a range of measures to support the domestic tourism industry in taking opportunities and enhancing competitiveness from the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community. In the immediate future, Vietnam has been together with other countries to focus on implementing the mutual recognition agreement on tourism workers within ASEAN, based on the ASEAN Common Competency Standards for Tourism Professionals, as well as developing ASEAN tourism standards and certification procedures for green hotels, residential accommodation, public toilets, spa services and clean tourist cities and community-based tourism. Cooperation will also focus on building ASEAN tourism programmes on nature tourism, cultural and heritage tourism, community-based tourism, cruise tourism, waterway tourism and medical tourism. There is a common … [Read more...] about Vietnam takes actions to realise ASEAN common tourist visa

According to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the number of foreign tourist to Vietnam reached 6.2 million, in six first months of 2017, up 30.2 pct year-on-year. However, June saw some 949,400 international arrivals, dropping 2.4 percent compared to the previous month. During the six-month period, arrivals by air reached 5.21 million, up 33 pct year on year while the numbers of visitors coming by sea and land rose by 25 pct and 15.8 pct, respectively. The number of Chinese tourists has highest increase, 56.7 pct. The Russia market came second with a rise of 53.4 pct, followed by the Republic of Korea, 43.9 pct and Cambodia, 35.5 pct. The African market showed a yearly increase of 27 pct with 17,000 arrivals in the reviewed time. From January to June, the tourism sector served 40.7 million domestic travellers, earning VND 254.7 trillion (US$ 11.1 billion) in revenue, a 27 pct yearly surge, the administration noted. In the reviewed time, the Vietnam National Administration … [Read more...] about International visitors to Vietnam increase over 30 pct

(VEN) - Based on Vietnam-Laos tourism cooperation potential in recent years, the tourism industries of the two countries are proposing to organize new border gate tours to increase mutual tourism.   A significant increase has been recorded in Vietnam-Laos tourist exchange A significant increase in Vietnam-Laos tourist exchange Vietnam and Laos started have long cooperated in tourism, signing a number of agreements, including the 1991 Convention on Tourism Cooperation and a Cooperation Plan on Art, Culture and Tourism for the Period of 2016-2020. In addition, the two countries often work closely together in regional forums, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Greater Mekong Sub region (GMS), the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) and the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) Asian sub-grouping. According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, in 2016 some 137,000 Lao tourists visited … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos seek to open cross border tours

Vietnam Tourism Day in the Czech Republic, with the aim of introducing Vietnam’s tourism potential to the Czech Republic’s authorities, people and travel companies, was recently organized in Prague. Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan at the opening ceremony The event are co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic. As part of the program, a photo exhibition entitled ‘Vietnam - Unending Beauty’ was also unveiled on the same day. Over 100 photo at the exhibition feature the beauty of the landscapes, islands and people of Vietnam. In addition, the visitors also have the chance to enjoy Vietnamese folk songs. Addressing the opening ceremony, Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan said that Vietnam and the Czech Republic have the basic elements to promote more exchanges and cooperation in the tourism sector. He expressed his hope that through the exhibition, the Czech Republic’s people would understand more about … [Read more...] about Program promotes Vietnam’s image in Czech Republic