The international markets include countries in the Middle East and ASEAN, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and Japan.
The city actively made use of international fairs to promote tourism,such as the conferences organised by the Japan Association of TravelAgents (JATA) and the Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (CPTA) inJapan, and the Asian Network of Major Cities in the 21 st century(ANMC21) in Russia.
Hanoi also organised domestic conferences,welcomed fact-finding tours and press delegations to the city, andparticipated in a number of tourism-related events in Vietnam, includingthe 2014 Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM 2014) and the Ho ChiMinh City International Travel Expo 2014 (ITE-HCMC 2014).
Additionally, municipal tourism authorities are seeking to cooperatewith well-known tourism websites, such as Trip Advisor and Smart TravelAsia, as well as several Russian television channels.
So far,the capital city has welcomed more than 2 million international touriststhis year. By the end of 2014, this figure is expected to reach 3million.-VNA