Vietnam Need more Professionalism in Tourism Development

Mr Pham Tu, Deputy Head of Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said that the 2006-2010 action plan will focus on promotion and development of tourism with a special project on advertisement. The project will include market surveys in foreign countries and medium and long-term plans to expand markets, especially in China, North-East Asia, EU, North America, Asia-Pacific and other potential markets in Russia and Eastern Europe.

 

VAT will also seek co-operation from foreign consulting companies to propagate on mass media the Vietnamese national plan of tourism and to promote tourist products and services. With the approval of the government, VAT and Ministry of Finance are working on the project.

 

In addition, VAT together with Vietnam Airlines and travel agencies will organise market surveys and press trips to promote tourism. It is a low cost and most efficient channel and Vietnam has made a big saving last year.

At the review conference of the 2000-2005 plan and the launching of the 2006-2010 plan held in Hanoi on April 25, 2006. Mr Pham Tu said that the number of foreign tourists in Vietnam will increase 10-20 per cent a year and attaining 5.5-6 million in 2010. Local tourists will increase 15-20 per cent, reaching 25 million in 2010 with turnover of US$4-5 billion, double that of 2005

 

Last year, Vietnam received 3.4 million foreign tourists, double that of 1999. Foreign tourists come all the year round and from high-spending countries. In 2004, the tourists from Japan increased 235 per cent, the US 130 per cent, Australia 204 per cent, Germany 230 per cent, Korea 538 per cent and Spain 295 per cent.