Awards are presented at the closing ceremony of the eighth Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asian-Pacific Cities Forum in HCM City on June 22 (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Hanoi and Ho ChiMinh City were presented with the best marketing campaign award at the closingsession of the eighth Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asian-Pacific Cities(TPO) Forum on June 22.
The organising board also presented otherawards, including for the best print advertisement, the best festival andevent, the best tourism promotion campaign, the best tourism brochure, the bestwebsite, and the best destination manager.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Deputy Directorof the HCM City Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa thanked the TPOExecutive Committee for choosing her city to be host of the biennial TPO Forum.
She said HCM City will continue to fulfill itsrole in the TPO’s activities which will support the southern city of Vietnam todevelop tourism strongly in the time ahead.
The eighth TPO Forum, themed “Smart tourism”,took place in HCM City on June 21 and 22.
It featured the TPO Travel Trade, the 31st meeting of the TPO ExecutiveCommittee, and bilateral meetings of TPO member cities, which aimed to developnew ideas, strategies and mindset for the tourism industry in the FourthIndustrial Revolution and enhance TPO members’ capacity.
TPO is an international organisation establishedin 2002 at the 5th Asian-Pacific City Summit. It was designed to be aninter-city network to promote the exchanges and development of the tourismindustry among major cities in the Asia Pacific region.
Currently, the organisation consists of 86cities, 45 travel agencies and institutes and other tourism organisations fromnine Asian-Pacific countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea,Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and one territory(Chinese Taipei).
Aside from Hanoi and HCM City, Da Nang and HaiPhong cities of Vietnam are also members of the TPO.-VNA
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