Vietnam, China to Ink Tourism Cooperation Pact Soon
National tourism bodies of Vietnam and China will sign an agreement soon to work together in a large swathe of activities to beef up the hospitality industry, said the Saigon Times Daily quoting a senior local tourism official.
Tourism authorities of both countries are exchanging ideas for cooperation and initial agreement will be signed soon, Vu The Binh, head of the Travel Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
At a meeting last month, the two national tourism authorities agreed to cooperate in promoting tourism, holding events and developing manpower among others.
Vietnam’s tourism agencies will join the Expo 2010 in Shanghai and the China International Travel Mark Kunming of China in November. In exchange, the Chinese side will join celebrations of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The two sides would combine to promote overland and sea tourism between the two countries as well as to join hands in developing tourism in the northern border province of Cao Bang.
More than 300,000 Chinese people visited Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, down 14% year-on-year. Most of tourists from China traveled to the country via the border in northern Vietnam as laissez-passers.
VNAT has selected six travel companies to arrange tours for Chinese guests by boats from Beihei of China to the northern province of Quang Ninh. It also chose ten others to welcome Chinese travelers via the Huu Nghi border gate in Lang Son Province. (Saigon Times Daily)
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