Vietnam 2009 Sea Festival to Open in France in April

The 2009 Vietnam Sea Festival will be organized in Paris, France from April 28-29 to promote advertising programs and attract foreign visitors to tourist sites in Vietnam, state media has said.

 

The event is expected to showcase 30 top-rated tourist sites and areas in Vietnam, which have maritime tourism potential, and hundreds of travel agencies in France, Europe and Vietnam.

 

The event is an opportunity for businesses to exchange information, seek business opportunities and advertise Vietnam’s tourism image.

 

Also on the occasion, Vietnam Airlines coordinated with tourist companies from France and Vietnam to create two special promotional programs for French tourists visiting Vietnam from April 21 to June 19, and from August 21 to October 20, offering them a 25-percent reduction in prices.

 

The festival is organized by the national flagship, Vietnam Airlines, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in France.

 

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. (VietNamNet, VoV)