Quang Ninh to host 10th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum

Vietnam’s Northeast Coastal Province of Quang Ninh will host the 10th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) in Halong City in 2010. The forum will be attended by representatives of 10 provinces in 10 East Asian countries.
The 9th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) was organized on September 8th and 9th, 2009 in the Republic of Korea’s Gangwon. Many agreements were reached between provinces to encourage them to take part in the forum more actively. Moreover, the forum also focused on the development of air and waterway tourism.
The 9th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) also approved some agreements, including consenting to vote Vietnam’s Halong Bay as one of the world’s seven natural wonders.
At the forum, representatives also agreed to add two more members, Lao’s Luang Prabang and Cambodia’s Siem Reap and chose Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province to be the host of the 10th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF).
The 10th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF), established in 2000, includes provinces of Cebu (Philippines), Chiang Mai (Thailand), Gangwon (the Republic of Korea), Jilin (China), Primorsky (Russia), Quang Ninh (Vietnam), Sarawak (Malaysia), Tottori (Japan), Tuv (Mongolia), and Yogyakarta (Indonesia.)