PANO - A workshop on Vietnam tourism promotion took place on May 30th, put on by the Vietnam Administration of Tourism, the Vietnam Tourism Association, and the managing board of the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme. The workshop discussed the summary report about tourism promotion activities from 2000 to now, and recommended solutions to popularise the tourism promotion strategy until 2020 in Vietnam. Besides, delegates shared experiences in improving the quality and effectiveness of tourism promotion activities, as well as put forward proposals to foster professionalism for tourism promotion activities to access target markets. They also underlined that Vietnam tourism should heighten awareness of tourism environmental protection and promote the growth of domestic visitors. Translated by Quynh Trang … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism works to promote brand name
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Vietnam tourism promotion discussed in Hanoi
and Socially Responsible Tourism (ESRT) Capacity Development Programme organised a meeting on Vietnam's tourism promotion in 2013, in Hanoi. The meeting attracted the participation of representatives from 34 tourism departments, 7 associations and 44 tourism promotion companies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Head of VNAT, Nguyen Van Tuan affirmed that the initiatives, suggestions and solutions put forth at the meeting would contribute to promote strengths and improve the quality and effectiveness of tourism promotion activities, contributing to reaching the goals of the overall strategy and planning for Vietnam's tourism development until 2020, with a vision to 2030. The meeting was organised to summarise and assess tourism promotion activities from 2000 to now, in order to have accurate analysis on advantages and difficulties to draw lessons. Participants focused on discussing orientations, missions and solutions for tourism promotion activities until 2020, popularising the … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism promotion discussed in Hanoi
Vietnam tourism to grant labor cross-ASEAN work certificates
Tourism workers certificated by the Vietnam Tourism Certification Board (VTCB) will be able to work in any of the ten nations in the ASEAN community. The nine other countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines. The ministers of tourism from all member countries made a commitment four years ago that would allow tourism workers, from 2015, to work interchangeably among the countries if they are certificated by an officially-appointed certification organization of any among the ten. For Vietnam, it is the VTCB. Hoang Thi Diep, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, told news website Saigon Times that ASEAN member countries have built a set of agreed standards for tourism professionals. There was already an agreed curriculum for tourism job training, she added. The interchangeable work program was set to take effect in May 2015, providing a "better chance" for job seeking in the sector, Diep … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism to grant labor cross-ASEAN work certificates
UK listed as one of 10 largest markets for Vietnam tourism
The British market, for the first time, is listed in top 10 largest markets for Vietnam tourism with around 18,000 tourists in January, 2012, an increase of 39,7 percent compared to the same time last year. The UK market has developed more strongly in 2011 with various promotional campaigns for Vietnamese tourists, since the opening of direct flights from Hanoi and HCMC to London in December. At present, there are 4 direct flights per week from Vietnam to the UK and it is planed that there will be daily flights in 2015. Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said that various marketing campaigns will be launched to invite more British travel agencies to Vietnam in 2012. Over the past two years, many activities have been developed to promote Vietnam tourism in the UK, including advertising on taxi, travel magazines of the Association of British Travel Agents, UK National Geographic, especially on electronic boards at the Premier League’s 12 matches from October to … [Read more...] about UK listed as one of 10 largest markets for Vietnam tourism
Cruise – An Advantage of Vietnams Tourism
Vietnam and other regional countries are increasing cooperation in tourism development. Recently the Singapore Tourism Board surveyed the central region of Vietnam to seek opportunities for expanding cooperation with the Vietnamese tourism sector in the field of cruise tourism. Vietnam Economic News Hanh Trang spoke with Jin Chwen, the regional director in Indochina of the Singapore Tourism Board. Recently, the Singapore Tourism Board surveyed the central region of Vietnam to seek opportunities to promote cruise tourism here. Could you say something about this survey? Cruise is currently one of the most exciting and fastest growing areas in tourism globally. Southeast Asia, with its vast coastlines and diverse tourism offerings, holds great potential for cruise. Singapore sees great synergies in working with the key partners in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, to tap into this potential and develop cruise tourism in the region. At the invitation of the Vietnam National … [Read more...] about Cruise – An Advantage of Vietnams Tourism