Tourism ministers from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar met at two important meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7, as part of the 13th International Travel Expo in the city.
The Vietnamese delegation to the ACMECS and CLMV tourism ministers meetings (Photo:VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Tourism ministersfrom Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar met at two important meetingsin Ho Chi Minh City on September 7, as part of the 13th International TravelExpo in the city (ITE HCMC 2017).
The 3th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-MekongEconomic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) and 4th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam(CLMV) minister meetings both took place on the day. The ACMECS consists ofCLMV countries and Thailand.
Addressing the function, Minister ofCulture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien stressed cooperation in the two mechanismshave promoted and connected tourist destinations across the region.
He highlighted the southern coastalcorridor and East – West economic corridor which connect most countries in theregion and the region with source markets.
Thien said he wants to joint regionalministers and delegates in looking for solutions to effectively implement theACMECS and CLMV tourism action plans for 2016 – 2018, with a focus on promotionactivities, connection, product development, engagement of private sector andlocal communities, and human resources.
He said the conference is an opportunitiesfor regional ministers to work for better coordination in line with the HanoiDeclaration of the 7th ACMECS Summit and Joint Statement of the 8th CLMV Summit.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the HCMCity People’s Committee, took the occasion to introduce the southern economichub’s potentials, saying it hosted 2.7 million foreigners in the first sixmonths of 2017, an annual increase of 14 percent.
The city aims to make tourism a spearheadedsector by 2020, he noted.
In 2016, the five countries togetherwelcomed 54.8 million international visitors, up 4.9 percent from 2015. Thenumber of intra-region tourists amounted to 8.95 million. -VNA
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The Vietnamese delegation to the ACMECS and CLMV tourism ministers meetings (Photo:VNA) 
