In Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) –Ho Chi Minh City and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta set up atourism linkage council at a conference on July 4 reviewing their cooperationon tourism development in the first six months of this year.
HCM City and the Mekong Delta signed atourism development cooperation agreement last December.
Director of HCM City’sTourism Department Bui Ta Hoang Vu highlighted the encouraging results of thecooperation, with 5,000 foreign travellers departing HCM City to Mekong Deltalocalities in the first two months of the year, up 14 percent year on year.
He reported that thecity’s revenues from tourism in June picked up 13.5 percent from the sameperiod last year, partly thanks to new products and new tourism routes linkingHCM City with Mekong Delta localities.
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho municipalPeople’s Committee Duong Tan Hien said links between HCM City and Mekong Deltalocalities have helped the two sides expand tourism markets.
Nguyen Huu Tho,chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, urged the sides to pay attentionto developing human resources to serve tourism development in the region./.
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