The event will take place in the Chinese localities from October 22-27 as partof the national tourism promotion programme in 2018.
Over the past few years, China has been an important market for Vietnamesetourism. There were 4 million Chinese nationals visiting Vietnam in 2017,accounting for 30 percent of all foreign travellers to Vietnam. In the firstnine months of this year, the number of Chinese arrivals to Vietnam surged 29.7percent.
Ha Long Bay, Da Nang, and Nha Trang have been the most popular sites amongstChinese visitors.
Other activities will also be held to promote local tourism, including aproject recently approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism toorganise the Vietnam International Travel Mart-VITM, pushing it as an importantinternational and national tourism event.
From 2020, the fair will take place in April every year, creating opportunitiesfor localities, organisations, and enterprises to popularise their tourismproducts and develop business. It is also expected to enhance Vietnam’s tourismimage, contributing towards developing tourism into a spearhead economy for thenation.
In an effort to promote tourism in the southwest region, the VNAT and travelcompanies in the north, central, Central Highlands, and south are surveyingtourism products in Ho Chi Minh City, Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang, Ca Mau, SocTrang, and Can Tho from September 28 to October 10.
They will be exploring the famous tourist attractions of Tan Lap floatingvillage, Tan Quy Dong flower village, Tram Chim National Park, and Ba Chua XuTemple.
During the survey, the VNAT will also chair talks discussing the potential,advantages, and orientation to branch out regional tourism products. –VNA