| A "three countries - one destination" programme promoting tourism to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam will remain the theme of this year’s International Travel Expo, a conference was told. |
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To
be held at HCMC’s Phu Tho Exhibition Centre next October, the biggest
annual travel event in Vietnam will showcase a range of tourism
products and services offered by the three countries.
The
three-day event will see the participation of more than 150 buyers and
300 sellers from Vietnam and abroad and attract 10,000 visitors. Since
2005, it has grown at an average of 30% a year.
A message from
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Chien Thang at the
conference on June 4 said it was an ideal forum for buyers to obtain
the latest information on tourism products and services, establish
business contracts, and learn about new business contacts and tourism
trends in the three countries as well as in the neighbourhood.
Nguyen
Bao Anh, deputy chief of the Tourism Promotion Division, said
organisers had carried out a campaign to attract buyers, including
advertisements on international publications like traveldailyasia and
TTG Asia.
They had also co-ordinated with the Tourism
Promotion Organisation for Asia-Pacific Cities to introduce the expo in
51 cities in 13 countries, he said.
The expo will feature a tourism investment conference involving senior delegates from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
They
will discuss issues related to tourism investment, development and
operations, the inaugural tourism alliance awards & gala dinner,
and other issues.
In 2007, the tourism ministers of the three
countries signed a joint declaration to accelerate co-operation through
action plans to promote integrated tourism in their countries.
ITE
2009 will be organised by the Vietnam National Administration of
Tourism, HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and IIR
Exhibitions Pte Ltd. |
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(Source:
VNA) |
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