Prague (VNA) – The Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic and the hostcountry’s Ministry of Regional development co-organised the Vietnam Tourism Dayevent in Prague on October 18.
Theevent featured an exhibition of over 100 large-size photos on Vietnamese people,landscape, seas and islands. Visitors were also treated to folk music performedby artists from the Vietnamese expatriate community in the country.
Aworkshop on potentials offered by Vietnamese tourism also took place, with theparticipation of 80 Czech travel companies. The workshop spotlighted Vietnam’s3,000-km coastal line, which could be a big draw to tourists from the Europeanlandlocked country.
Accordingto Vietnamese commercial counselor Tran Hiep Thuong, 10 million Czech citizenstravel overseas on a yearly basis. However, only 5,000 of the sum come toVietnam.
Heattributed the issue to the absence of a direct flight between the two nationsand information on Vietnamese tourism in the Czech Republic.
Thatis why the Vietnam Tourism Day was organised, Thuong said.-VNA