Foreign tourists in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A programme will be heldin Kaohsiung and Taipei cities in China’s Taiwan from July 24-27 to promotetourism in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism(VNAT).
Representatives from the Vietnam Economic andCulture Office in Taipei and Taiwan Tourism Bureau along with more than 100travel agencies, airlines and press agencies are expected to join the event.
The VNAT will introduce key tourism products andmust-see destinations in Vietnam as well as the country’s tourism development policies.
There will be an art performance and an exchangeprogramme between businesses.
In the first six months of 2018, Vietnamwelcomed nearly 340,000 Taiwanese visitors, a year-on-year rise of 13.8percent.
Last year, the country served more than 616,000Taiwanese tourists, up 121.5 percent against 2016, according to the VNAT. Thenumber is expected to hit 800,000 in 2018.
Meanwhile, more than 380,000 Vietnamese touristsvisited Taiwan in 2017, up 94.94 percent year-on-year.
The Taiwanese tourism sector aims to host700,000 Vietnamese holidaymakers in 2018.-VNA
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