Vietnamese and Czech businesses seek cooperative opportunities. (Photo: VNA)Prague (VNA) – Vietnam’s popular tourist attractions and unique traditionalarts were spotlighted at a tourism promotion programme held in Prague, theCzech Republic on June 27.
The event was organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, thenational flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and Vietnamese travel firms in the hostnation. This is the final stop of the Vietnam Tourism Roadshow Europe 2018which has travelled through Sweden, Austria and Hungary.
Highlighting the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the centralEuropean country, VNAT General Director Nguyen Khac Tuan stressed that both sidespose huge potential for tourism cooperation.
Vietnam welcomed only 1 million foreign visitors in 1995 but the figure isforecast at 16 million this year, including 2 million European holiday-makers,Tuan said, adding that however, only 17,000 of them come from the CzechRepublic.
This is a modest figure when Vietnam’s tourism has many things appealing to Czechvisitors like beautiful beaches along its 3,000km of coastline, a stunning HaLong Bay, gigantic Phong Nha-Ke Bang Cave, and unique orchard gardens in thesouth, he noted.
On the sidelines of the event there were meetings between Vietnamese and Czechtourism agencies, which served as a bridge for them to seek cooperativeopportunities.
VNAT General Director Tuan and deputy chairman of the Association of CzechTravel Agents Jan Papez told Vietnam News Agency’s reporters that Vietnameseand Czech tourism products all satisfy demands of tourists from both countries.
However, they said that visa procedures, the absence of direct flights betweenHanoi or Ho Chi Minh City and Prague as well as weak promotion campaigns arethe main barriers for bilateral cooperation.-VNA
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