
Vietnam constructively encourages Indians to visit their country through bilateral conferences and other conditioning
Recognizing that business connections between travel enterprises in both countries are pivotal to growing the trip market in Vietnam, 34 travel companies from both countries held conversations and changed tourism information to tap up demand for trips by Indians to Vietnam
Last week, at India-Vietnam Tourism Promotion Conference held on August 17 in Ho Chi Minh City, government representatives and industry representatives from both countries met to bandy how they can promote inbound tourism from India. Organized by the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, the meeting was graced by Pham Van Thuy, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism( VNAT), and Pranay Verma, the Indian Ambassador to Vietnam.
Recognizing that business connections between travel enterprises in both countries are key to growing the trip request in Vietnam, 34 trip companies from both countries held conversations and changed tourism information to tap up demand for trips by Indians to Vietnam.
Besides rest trippers
, Vietnam is keen to promote itself as MICE( meetings, impulses, conferences, exhibitions) destination and also as an overseas marriage venue.
In July, a group of 460 business leaders spent three days in Hi Chi Minh City on a trip organized by B2B trip company Asia Destination Management( Asia DMC).
Vietnam has been laboriously encouraging Indians to visit their country through a series of bilateral conferences and other conditioning including patronized passages for businesses. VNAT is hoping that this conditioning will enable its trip assiduity to valve into a request which has a population of1.4 billion.
According to Tran Phong Binh, Deputy Director of Tourism Marketing Department, VNAT, 20 million Indians travel abroad for leaves every time. He said,” Vietnam owns amazing scenic spots and a series of notorious sightseer destinations similar as Ha Noi, Ha Long Bay, Sa Pa, Hue, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City, etc. Vietnam has full eventuality to attract Indian callers to come, travel and relax.”
In his speech, he refocused out that the number of Indian callers to Vietnam remains modest and an important way to boost this is for better connectivity between the two countries.
Direct breakouts between metropolises are a crucial factor to promote trip as trippers
don’t generally enjoy sitting in the field conveyance area of a third country, occasionally for hours, staying for a connecting flight. A direct flight between an Indian megacity and a Vietnamese bone
takes about five to six hours but connecting via Bangkok or Singapore could double the trip time to 10 or 12 hours.
At the moment, budget carriers Vietjet Air and IndiGo together operate a dozen or so direct breakouts between metropolises in the two countries per week. In June, flag carrier Vietnam Airlines launched direct breakouts between New Delhi and the two major Vietnamese metropolises of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City-two times a week and three times a week independently.
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