A wide variety of exciting cultural, sports, fashion and cuisine events will be planned annually in HCM City to attract more tourists, city leaders have said.
The south central province of Binh Dinh aims to serve 5.5 million visitors in 2020 to earn 10 trillion VND (450 million USD), said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanh.
The central province of Thua Thien Hue sees tourism as an important tool to preserve and develop handicraft villages in its villages’ development plan to 2020 with a vision to 2030.
Airlines transported an estimated 52.2 million passengers in 2016, up 29 percent from the previous year, according to a report by the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam.
Hollywood film director Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he is honoured to be Viet Nam’s tourism ambassador and will do his utmost to help Vietnamese tourism take off.
The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri has announced a project to open the Con Co island tourism route.
The central province of Quang Binh has planned to organise tours to the set of the film “Kong: Skull Island”, which is expected to bring huge revenue for US filmmakers and great benefits to tourism in countries where the film was shot.
Northern Quang Ninh province is aiming to take advantage of opportunities the American blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” may bring to its tourism industry.
Quang Nam, home to the World Heritage Sites of Hoi An ancient town and My Son sanctuary, is following new paths in tourism development, focusing on community-based tourism that both promotes and supports the local cultural identity.
The central province of Quang Binh is looking to cash in on the Hollywood film King Kong, new flights and being home to the world’s largest cave, Son Doong.
The Viet Nam Embassy in India held a workshop to promote tourism in New Delhi on February 15.
HCM City’s Department of Tourism will focus on developing and marketing destinations to increase the number of foreign arrivals to the city to six million this year, officials have said.