A tourism promotion program was held in the Czech capital of Prague on June 27, aiming to showcase Vietnam’s popular tourist attractions and unique traditional arts. VNAT General Director Nguyen Van Tuan introduces the potential of Vietnam’s tourism in Prague - Source: VOV The event was organized by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and Vietnamese travel firms in the host nation. This is the final stop of the Vietnam Tourism Roadshow Europe 2018 which has travelled through Sweden, Austria and Hungary. Highlighting the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the central European country, VNAT General Director Nguyen Van Tuan stressed that both sides have a huge potential for tourism cooperation. Vietnam welcomed just 1 million foreign visitors in 1995 but that figure is forecast to reach 16 million this year, including 2 million … [Read more...] about Promoting Vietnam’s tourism products in Czech Republic
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Da Nang looks for its own unique tourism products
A corner of Da Nang (Source: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – The central city of Da Nang boasts various advantages for tourism, from the beautiful beaches and sea, to forest, river and lake ecosystems, but it is essential that the city finds its own unique tourism products. Experts said those natural advantages, when combined with the city’s modern infrastructure, good services, safety and hospitality, create unique traits for the central coastal city. Da Nang has emerged as a destination of leisure, media and spiritual tourism, as well as entertainment and shopping activities, and a venue of conferences. However, compared to other central cities like Hue and Hoi An, Da Nang does not have as many cultural and historical sites. Therefore, the city has looked to create its own events, such as the international fireworks festival and international sport tournaments in the past years. Da Nang also tries to offer new tourism attractions and products year after year, … [Read more...] about Da Nang looks for its own unique tourism products
Vietnam cuisine to become a unique tourism product
Making Vietnam become the 'Kitchen of the World' is considered a promising approach for a "smoke-free industry”, as well as the country's cuisine, especially in the context that the tourism industry needs to build its characteristic products to attract tourists, especially international visitors. Visitors show interest in Vietnamese food With richness, diversity, harmony and sophistication, Vietnamese cuisine is considered a cultural heritage and a valuable resource of tourism in Vietnam. In 2015, Vietnamese cuisine was voted as one of the 10 best food destinations in the world by CNN's television audience. Vietnam has 12 dishes named in the "Top Asian cuisine value dishes", as recognised by the Asian Record’s Organization (ARO). In the beginning of 2018, CNN listed 15 must-try dishes when visiting Vietnam. Vietnamese cuisine attracts both domestic visitors and foreign tourists. Images of the leaders of other countries coming and enjoying Vietnamese food, such as … [Read more...] about Vietnam cuisine to become a unique tourism product
Ben Tre diversifies tourism products
Tourists take a horse carriage ride in Ben Tre Province. (Photo: VNA) Ben Tre (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has served over 472,000 tourist arrivals, including nearly 200,000 foreigners, since the beginning of this year, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent. The tourism sector earned approximately 342 billion VND (15 million USD), up 25 percent against the same period last year. According to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the increases were attributed to efforts to build and upgrade business establishments and create new tourism products and services. Tran Duy Phuong, the department’s deputy director, said to make tourism one of the spearhead sectors of the province by 2020, Ben Tre will continue investing in infrastructure serving tourism, especially in rural areas, together with diversifying tourism products and improving service quality at tourist sites. In 2018, the locality will work to improve the quality of existing … [Read more...] about Ben Tre diversifies tourism products
Vietnamese food an attractive tourism product
The culinary festival “Essence of Vietnamese food” will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 6-8, introducing special dishes from across the nation, as part of activities to develop food tourism. Vietnamese food an attractive tourism product According to Vice President of the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) Vu The Binh, the tourism sector is developing numerous unique products to lure visitors, with food a product featuring Vietnam’s cultural identity. Many Vietnamese dishes have become popular worldwide, showing that Vietnamese food can become a distinguished tourism product, Binh said. Meanwhile, Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Ethnology and Anthropology Vuong Xuan Tinh suggested at a recent workshop to develop traditional cuisine that the country revise its master plan on Vietnam tourism development to 2020 with a vision 2030 and prepare for a new strategy that involves developing food tourism. He also highlighted the need for efforts … [Read more...] about Vietnamese food an attractive tourism product