Vietnam, Laos, Thailand Eye Closer Tourism Ties
Central Quang Tri province of Vietnam, the Savannakhet province of Laos and Mucdahan province of Thailand have agreed to work on tourism development to more efficiently tap the Caravan tours to the three provinces.
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by the three provinces’ leaders at the third meeting on tourism cooperation between Quang Tri, Savannakhet and Mucdahan provinces held in Quang Tri, July 27.
Under the MoU, the three provinces will work together to hold a festival and other activities to boost tourism.
Since they signed a minutes of tourism cooperation in Mucdahan province on September 5, 2006, the provinces have seen a two fold increase in the number of tourists.
They have also been active in promoting the East-West economic corridor tours by hosting seminars, fairs, and sporting competitions as well as distributing leaflets and VCD discs in the languages of English, Vietnamese, Thai and Lao.
In the first seven month of this year, Vietnam welcomed more than 112,200 arrivals from Laos and Thailand, some 16,700 higher than the previous month. (Vietnam & Workd Economy)
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