Tourism and Aviation to boost cooperation

Chairman of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan and Director General of the national-flag carrier Vietnam Airlines Pham Ngoc Minh had a working session on the cooperation plan between the two sides on October 5th.
Tourism and Aviation are both key industries of the national economy and have close relationship. Aviation brings passengers to Vietnam (80% of international arrivals) while Tourism receives visitors. Based on that interactive relationship, the two sides expect a tighter cooperation in order to develop promotional strategies and speed up the development of both industries.
Regarding cooperation in tourism promotion and product development, the two sides will coordinate to organise important events in Vietnam and abroad; roadshows to promote Vietnam tourism and aviation; arrange famtrips and presstrips to Vietnam; promote Vietnam tourism through Vietnam Airlines’ oversea representative offices…
Several specific actions to be jointly performed were also discussed as follows: continue to participate in VisitWorldCampaign (initiated by Japan Association of Travel Agents); prepare to organise a series of events in China to exploit this rich-potential source market; organise promotional events in France to attract tourists from Western European countries and Australia.
Hopefully, the cooperation plan would soon be inked and carried out which contributes to helping national economy overcome the difficult time of the global economic crisis.