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Vietnam’s tourism aims US$10 billion in revenue in 2015
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism,
pinning high hopes on the development of the country’s tourism industry, targets
to triple its revenue to around US$10-11 billion by the year 2015.
In its tourism development strategy draft, the Government body expects the
country’s tourism sector to welcome seven to eight million foreign travelers and
around 32 to 32 million local tourists a year in 2015. This compares well with
last year’s international arrivals of some 4.2 million and revenue of around
US$3.5 in 2008.
In 2020, Vietnam’s hospitality industry should be a strong player in the region
with around 11 to 12 million foreign tourists and 45 to 48 million domestic
travelers, according to the draft.
The draft was presented to tourism experts, tourism entrepreneurs, officials
last week in a meeting held by the national tourism department in Hanoi.
Nguyen Van Tuan, head of the administration, told the Daily on Wednesday that
the agency would complete the strategy after receiving feedback from
participants. The strategy will then be submitted to the central Government this
month, with clear plans about building new products, developing markets as well
as building the national tourism images among others.
The tourism administration has once expected Vietnam would receive around six
million foreign visitors in 2010. However, this target now looks highly unlikely
as the country received merely 3.4 million international travelers in this year
to date, down 12.3% year-on-year.
In a previous talk with the Daily, Tuan had said that the goal of six million
looked unattainable because of slowdown in the tourism industry but he was
confident that Vietnam’s tourism would grow strongly in the next ten years.
He expected Vietnam to welcome around 4.2 to 4.5 million international tourists
in 2010 and a huge number of domestic travelers.
Vietnam has 764 international travel firms, and a huge number of domestic travel
companies as well as 10,800 accommodation facilities with 208,000 rooms.
Source: VietNamNet/SGT |
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