Spain Helps Tourism Planning in Central Vietnam

The Spanish Government has provided EUR150,000 (US$239,000) to a project to research culture, historical sites, tourism and the environment in the central Thua Thien-Hue province of Vietnam.

 

The project will help develop a detailed plan on tourism in Hue city and nearby regions, which will help the city mobilize investment for development.

 

&ldquoThe project will not only provide a tourism development plan for Hue, Vietnam&rsquos festival city, but also help the two sides exchange experiences,&rdquo Head of the Spanish expert group, Damian Moragues, said.

 

Deputy Chairman of the municipal People&rsquos Committee Le Phuoc Hoa recently had a working session with Spanish tourism experts on implementation of the project.

 

Tourism cooperation is one of three top priorities of Vietnam-Spain cooperation. Since Vietnam and Spain signed a tourism cooperation agreement at the governmental level in April 2002 and a common strategy on tourism development cooperation for the 2005-08 period, the number of arrivals from the foreign country to Vietnam has ceaselessly increased.

 

Especially, Spain in succession held the highest on-year growth rate in the number of tourists visiting Vietnam in recent months.

 

Vietnam welcomed more than 3,400 arrivals from Spain in the first quarter of this year, up 72.6 per cent on-year. (News, Capital Security)