(VOV) - The Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a comprehensive strategy for Vietnam tourism development to 2020 with a vision to 2030. Under the strategy, by 2020, tourism will have basically become a key economic sector, which is modern and professional with relatively uniform technical infrastructure; tourism products would have high quality, diversity and prestige, and they are imbued with national identities and able to compete with other countries in the region and the world. 7 tourism areas with typical specialties, 46 national tourism areas and 12 other tourism spots will be planned to create momentum for national tourism development. … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism development strategy by 2030 approved
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“Feeling the pulse” of Vietnam tourism
VietNamNet Bridge - The gloomy picture of the development of the tourism industry of Vietnam has been defined at the consultation meeting on the state management of tourism recently, held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi. How to stimulate tourism in the difficult economic context is still a difficult problem for the non-smoke industry. In the current context of economic difficulties, tourism is considered the highlight with around 6.7 million foreign visitors (up by 11 percent), 32.5 million domestic visitors (up 7 percent) and the total revenue of VND160 trillion (up 16 percent). … [Read more...] about “Feeling the pulse” of Vietnam tourism
Vietnam’s tourism development strategy
Vietnam's tourism industry set a record last year by attracting 6 million foreign visitors. The sector will officially launch a new strategy this year with a new logo and the slogan "Vietnam-timeless charm". The slogan "Vietnam –Timeless Charm" and the symbol of a five petal lotus have been officially selected as the Slogan and Logo of Vietnam Tourism in the 2012–2015 period. The formalized lotus with five petals and five colours represents Vietnam's major tourism products - island and sea tourism, ecological tourism and nature, cultural tourism, historical tourism and adventure tourism. According to Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Nguyen Van Tuan, the sector will launch programs to introduce the new logo to domestic and foreign tourists. "Beside many challenges, Vietnam's touris also enjoys advantages especially Ha Long Bay's recognition as one of the 7 new natural wonders of the world. This will attract more visitors, so we should take this … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s tourism development strategy
Conference discusses Vietnam’s tourism development
The conference takes place in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province, on January 2, 2018. (Photo: VNA) Vuong Binh Thanh, Chairman of the An Giang provincial People’s Committee, called the conference an opportunity for Vietnamese and foreign researchers to discuss sustainable tourism development, a strategy to develop natural resources, policy making, cooperation in heritage preservation, and human resources training in Vietnam, particularly in An Giang province. Thanh said: “This conference will guide An Giang’s tourism, which is designated to be the spearhead of the provincial economy. Local authorities will draw on the opinions of this conference to design appropriate policies for sustainable tourism development”. During the 3-day conference, participants conducted field trips to tourist destinations in An Giang province. … [Read more...] about Conference discusses Vietnam’s tourism development
Strategy for developing Vietnam tourism until 2020 with a vision for 2030
(Cinet)- On December 30, 2011, The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2473/QD-TTg on approving the strategy "Vietnam Tourism Development until 2020 with a vision for 2030”. of the strategy is to 2020, Vietnam Tourism basically become a spearhead economic sector, have a professional, systematic and technical facilities are relatively uniform, high quality tourism products, diversified, branded, bearing deep culture, competing with other countries in the region. Striving to 2030, Vietnam became tourism development country. Specifically, the sector will grow by an average of 11.5-12 percent from 2011 to 2020. It has set the target of welcoming 7-7.5 million international tourists and having 36-37 million domestic tourists in 2015. Total tourism revenues are expected to hit US$18-19 billion in 2020. The tourism sector will focus on developing green and cultural tourism packages and strengthening linkages within each region to build tourist products typical of the seven … [Read more...] about Strategy for developing Vietnam tourism until 2020 with a vision for 2030