A foreign tourist has a bike tour in Cai Rang district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The VietnamNational Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is inviting hospitality enterprisesinvolved in travel, hotel, transportation, catering and entertainment to join aprogramme to promote Vietnamese tourism in North America starting thisSeptember.
Hosted by the Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism (VNAT), the programme will take place in Toronto,Canada on September 17; in Washington DC on September 19; and in New York onSeptember 21.
According to Dinh Ngoc Duc of the VNATmarketing department, the programme, part of a master plan to promoteVietnamese tourism in 2018, will help boost the number of tourists from thishigh-potential market.
He said that the events will also be anopportunity for Vietnamese tourist enterprises and those from Canada and the USto meet directly, thus enhancing their cooperation in the field.
Along with face-to-face meetings betweenhospitality companies and agencies, the agenda will also include a programmepresenting famous tourist destinations in Vietnam and new tourist products andservices. New State policies in tourism development will also be introduced toaudiences.
All events will conclude with a feast ofVietnamese cuisine.
Last year, among 12.9 million internationaltourists visiting Vietnam were more than 138,000 visitors from Canada and614,000 from the US. The figure from the US includes a significant number ofoverseas Vietnamese.-VNA
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