Australian tourism authorities and tourism organisations and businesses include the Australian National Tourism Authority, Tourism Victoria, Tourism and Events Queensland, Melbourne Airport, Discova, Australian Attractions and Intrepid Travel.
Working with the Australian National Tourism Organization
At the meeting with Tourism Australia, Victoria Tourism, Queensland Tourism and Events, the two sides agreed to promote cooperation in tourism development, increase visitor exchange, and plan to continue organizing the Vietnam - Australia Tourism Conference in 2025. This is a great opportunity for the two sides to share experiences in state management of tourism, market promotion plans, and introduce new attractive tourism products.
Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration Nguyen Trung Khanh said at a bilateral meeting with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Tourism Australia, Vietnam has proposed that Australia consider easing visa application procedures and reducing visa processing time for Vietnamese tourists to encourage more Vietnamese tourists to visit Australia.
Working with Tourism Victoria
In addition, Director Nguyen Trung Khanh also hopes that both sides will support the organization of tourism promotion activities.
"It is expected that in September 2024, Vietnam will organize a program to promote Vietnamese tourism in Australia. We hope to receive support from Australian tourism management agencies so that the event can be successfully organized, thereby promoting tourism development and enhancing two-way visitor exchange," the Director suggested.
Welcome the comments of the Director, Mr. Andrew Hogg - Senior Managing Director, Eastern Markets and Aviation, The Australian National Tourism Agency said that every year, the Australian tourism industry always focuses on investing in the activities of tourism representative offices, tourism promotion activities, etc. Vietnam is always an important market that Australia is interested in investing in.
In addition, Australia has also cooperated with Vietnam Airlines to promote the expansion of flight routes. The Australian National Tourism Agency hopes that in the coming time, the good tourism cooperation between the two sides will continue to be strengthened and further developed.
Director of Global Markets & Commerce , Visit Victoria Nigel Aldons affirmed its readiness to support and coordinate with the Vietnamese tourism industry to enhance promotional activities, roadshows, B2B meetings, and will promote connections between businesses and media on both sides.
Melbourne Airport representative Mr. Peppy Adi-Purnomo - Vice President of Aviation Business Development - South and Southeast Asia believes that Australia and Vietnam should form a partnership network to jointly promote tourism and promote more destinations in the future.
Working with Australian Attractions Consulting
Mr. Simon Williamson, Sales and Marketing Director of Australian Attractions Consulting Company, said that the company is a familiar partner of the Australian National Tourism Organization and is currently developing a working program for the delegation of Australian National Tourism Organization officials and Australian businesses to work and promote Australian tourism in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in September 2024. The company hopes to receive support from the Vietnam National Tourism Administration to promote the effectiveness of connecting Vietnamese and Australian businesses on this occasion. According to the plan, in 2025, the company will organize a famtrip for Australian outbound businesses to visit and survey Vietnamese tourism products to promote Australian visitors to Vietnam.
Mr. Rhydian James, Commercial Director Discova Company said that Vietnam is the company's second largest international tourist market. The company has 3 representative offices in Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City. In the past, the company has cooperated with many destinations and Vietnamese businesses to develop new tourism products suitable for the tastes of Australian tourists. In the coming time, Discova Company hopes to continue to have many opportunities to cooperate and connect with Vietnamese tourism businesses, promoting two-way tourism.
From June 16 to 21, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism attended the Vietnam - Australia Tourism Conference and had a series of bilateral meetings and contacts on the sidelines of the Conference. This is a practical activity, concretizing the commitment of the Prime Ministers of the two countries to upgrade the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the official visit to Australia by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in March 2024.
The visit took place in the context that after more than 50 years of diplomatic relations, the relationship between the two countries has made great strides and achieved comprehensive results. The issuance of the Joint Statement upgrading the relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership opens up new opportunities to promote exchanges and cooperation in many fields between the two countries, including tourism. The two sides will seek opportunities to increase travel and tourism between the two countries. This is a great opportunity to promote tourism cooperation between the two countries more and more widely.
In 2023, Vietnam will welcome 390,000 Australian tourists, surpassing the pre-pandemic level of 2019 and placing Australia in Vietnam's top 10 markets. 2024 is also witnessing a continuous growth trend in the number of Australian visitors to Vietnam: in the first 5 months of the year, there were 213,000 Australian visitors to Vietnam, an increase of 35% over the same period last year, placing Australia in the 7th largest source market position to Vietnam.
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