More than 70 government officials and personnel from
travel agencies, hotels as well as academics from Viet Nam and South
Korea exchanged notes and shared best practices at a tourism workshop
held yesterday in HCM City.
The Khanh Hoa Tourism Promotion Information Centre
and Hoang Tra Tourism Co organised a farm tour to Nha Trang for 20
Chinese travel firms to enable them to check out tourism products and
services there.
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho will
begin direct air services to Lam Dong and Khanh Hoa provinces next year
to promote tourism, according to its Investment, Trade and Tourism
Promotion Centre.
The nation''s tourism industry will be promoted strongly on social
networks, smart phones and the internet under the National Tourism
Promotion Programme for 2013-20 that has just been approved by Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board in Viet Nam will organise Malaysia Week 2013 in HCM City from September 12-22 as part of the run up to the nation''s Visit Malaysia Year 2014 campaign.
Leaders and experts from the tourism industry met yesterday in Ha Noi
for an in-depth Tourism Promotion Conference, where they debated how
Viet Nam can become more successful in the lucrative and fast-growing
sector.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) held art performances and
seminars during the International Travel Mart last week to promote
Malaysia tourism and seek co-operation with Vietnamese partners.
