Vietnam – Laos enhances tourism promotion
A Lao – Vietnam tourism promotion conference was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane, featuring the participation of nearly 100 delegates representing tourism agencies and enterprises from the two countries.
A performance of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments at the conference.
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Vietnam and Laos have signed numerous cooperation agreements on tourism, including the Tourism Cooperation Agreement signed in 1991 and Cooperation Plan on Culture, Arts and Tourism for the 2016 - 2020 period. These agreements are an important basis for the two sides to strengthen their tourism cooperation in the near future.
Director General of Laos National Tourism Administration Sounh Manivong expressed his appreciation of Vietnam’s support in promoting Laos tourism and stressed the necessity to enhance the cooperation between the two countries in multilateral forums.
At the conference, the delegates discussed issues related to tourism management and promotion, as well as introducing and exchanging information on tourism service business activities.
In 2016, Vietnam welcomed over 137,000 visitors from Laos, while around one million Vietnamese visited Laos. Laos is among the 15 leading tourism markets of Vietnam and Vietnam is the second largest market to Laos.
In the first six month of this year, a large number of visitors from other countries, particularly Europe, the US, Australia and Japan, visited both Laos and Vietnam via tours connecting Lao centres and heritages sites with Vietnam’s famous destinations. This is the result of the cooperation between the two countries in tourism promotion over recent times.
Director of Mekong Leisura Laos Travel Company Somdy Manivong said that currently, Laos travel enterprises want to join in tourism promotion conferences and forums in Vietnam to seek more information on this market.
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