Hanoi to host first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit
The first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit will take place at the Intercontinental Landmark72 hotel in Hanoi on December 5-6 in the framework of the Vietnam Economic Forum (ViEF) 2018.
The first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit will take place at the Intercontinental Landmark72 hotel on December 5-6. (Photo: vnexpress.net)
Hanoi (VNA) – The first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit willtake place at the Intercontinental Landmark72 hotel in Hanoi on December 5-6 inthe framework of the Vietnam Economic Forum (ViEF) 2018.
Held by the board for private economic development research (IV Board under theGovernment’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform), the onlinenewspaper VnExpress and the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), the event isexpected to draw 1,500 guests, who are managers, business operators andscholars. To enhance international cooperation and popularise local tourism,the organising board has invited leaders of renowned tourism and service groupslike Australia’s Flight Centre, Virgin, Japan’s H.I.S and Singaporean BanyanTree.
The forum offers opportunities for domestic and foreign businesses to learnabout Vietnam’s strategies to develop tourism, as well as the potential of andchallenges facing the non-smoke industry.
Various issues will be on the table, including restructuring and developingVietnamese tourism in a high-quality and sustainable manner, popularisingnational tourism, improving visa policies to attract high-quality tourists,enhancing tourism management capacity, luring foreign investment in tourism andapplying high technology into tourism development and management.
The ViEF is a national economic forum to discuss key issues and strategyregarding Vietnam’s macroeconomy. The forum also maintains constructivedialogues on public and private policies between the private sector, theGovernment and stakeholders. This year, the ViEF covers agriculture, the capital-finance market, tourism, training and developing human resources, logistics and commerce.-VNA
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The first Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit will take place at the Intercontinental Landmark72 hotel on December 5-6. (Photo: vnexpress.net) 
