Vietnam Airlines Joins Brussels Tourism Fair

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, had a presence at Belgium’s annual ‘Brussels Tourism Fair’, which took place at the Heysel Exposition Center from February 5-9.

 

A wealth of information and images promoting Vietnam’s natural beauty, history, culture and achievements were displayed prominently at the fair.

 

Tran Mai Lan, Vietnam Airlines’ representative at the event, said that her company has been involved in the fair for the past few years, which is important as Belgium has recently established itself as one of the airline’s most lucrative Western European markets.

 

Despite the difficulties facing the transport and tourism sectors as a result of the global economic crisis, a number of experts at the fair asserted that Asia, particularly Vietnam, is still a destination that possesses a great deal of allure for European holidaymakers this year.

 

Vietnam Airlines has also recently announced that it and many travel firms will offer 25 per cent discount for French tourists. They will launch promotion programs in France to lure more French arrivals to Vietnam.

 

It is predicted that the number of French tourists to Vietnam is expected to increase sharply from April 21 to June 19 and from August 21 to October 20 thanks to the 25 per cent airfare discount.

 

Vietnam witnessed decrease of 11.9 per cent in the number of foreign arrivals in January, 2009.

 

Vietnam has set target of welcoming five million foreign and 21.5 million local tourists this year despite negative impacts of the global economic slowdown. (The People, Pioneer)