Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh said that to
lure more foreign tourists, the tourism sector needs to boost tourism
promotion to welcome fam-trip and press-trip delegations from major
markets such as the RoK, Japan, Russia and Association of South East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.(
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On July 16, VietJet Air inaugurated a flight route from Da Nang to
Incheon, RoK. On the same day, Vietnam Airlines officially inaugurated a
new international flight route to Tokyo, Japan (Da Nang-Narita). This
is Vietnam Airlines’ first flight route between Da Nang and Tokyo and
the third international flight route from Da Nang, after the one leading
to Siem Reap, Cambodia and Seoul, RoK. These new flight routes will
contribute to promoting tourism between Japan, the RoK and Viet Nam’s
central region.
Valery A.
Korovkin, Director of the International Cooperation Department of
the Federal Agency for Tourism under the Russian Ministry of Culture,
said that
Vietnam was a
friendly country to Russian people and hoped the cooperation between
tourism agencies of the two sides would be tightened.
Along with popularizing the image of Viet Nam’s tourism in foreign
countries, stimulating domestic travel is an important strategy to
maintain the continuous growth of the tourism sector, promoting its
effective contribution to the Vietnamese economy. The Viet Nam National
Administration of Tourism recently launched a specific campaign aimed at
encouraging Vietnamese people to travel around Viet Nam.
The campaign launched to encourage Vietnamese people to travel around
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will promote tours to coastal areas, islands and mountainous areas
which have the potential for tourism development. It will also encourage
overseas Vietnamese to visit their homeland.
In the last six months of 2014, the tourism sector will continue to
implement its tasks in the framework of the National Action Plan on
Tourism and the National Tourism Promotion Programme.
In addition, it will complete the preparation of tourism development
plans such as the master plan for tourism development in the Southeast
Asian region and coastal areas of the South-central region towards 2020
with a vision to 2030, the master plan for development of national
tourist sites such as Nui Ba Den in Tay Ninh Province and Son Tra in
Da Nang.