The Moscow State Institute for Industry of Tourism (MGIIT) recently posthumously honoured Yuri Aleksandrovich Sienkiewicz for his significant contributions to promoting Viet Nam and its culture in Russia.
The gathering was attended by a large number of representatives from the Russian Tourism Association, Russian travel agents, Viet Nam Airlines and Vietnamese and Russian friends.
Eleven years ago Sienkiewicz produced a film about Viet Nam which quickly gained wide notoriety throughout Russia, touting famous tourist destinations in the country, including HCM City, Cu Chi tunnels, Hanoi, and world heritage sites of Hoi An and Ha Long Bay.
The film was subsequently screened at an untold number of exhibitions and tourism fairs in Russia, and is regarded as the most significant factor in the ballooning rise of Russian people visiting Viet Nam in recent years.
Participants at the gathering reminisced about Sienkiewicz’s trip to Viet Nam in 2003 – the last in his life.
Nguyen Huu Tung, Chief Representative of Viet Nam Airlines in Russia, said Russian tourists to Viet Nam doubled from 2011 to 2013.
The impressive growth shows that Viet Nam is a safe, beautiful and potential destination for Russian people.
The Sienkiewicz’s film delegation could not imagine the impressive impact its film would generate.