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From May 11 to 17, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia and the Vietnamese Consulate General in Sydney to organize the Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City tourism promotion program in Australia.
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| Vietnamese tourists visit Australia |
The event aims to enhance tourism promotion activities, introduce and promote the image of Vietnamese destinations to Australian tourism businesses, create opportunities for exchanges, meetings, and promote trade connections between the two countries.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, led the delegation, accompanied by more than 20 representatives from leading airlines, travel agencies and hotels in Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general such as: Vietnam Airlines , Vietjet Air, Benthanhtourist, Vietravel Holdings, TST Tourist, Vido Tour, Saco Travel, Blue Sky Travel, AB Travel ...
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Vietnamese tourists enjoy taking photos with kangaroos in Australia. Photo: TSTtourist |
The tourism promotion program was held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from May 11 to 17. The invited delegates experienced many rich activities such as meeting with leading airlines, travel agencies and hotels in Vietnam, collecting publications and special gifts from tourist destinations in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City; experiencing conical hat painting, making figurines, enjoying performances of traditional musical instruments such as monochord, zither and T'rung.
In addition, the tourism introduction session will provide the latest news and updates on festivals and tourism events in 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City in particular and Vietnam in general; At the same time, businesses will have meetings to seek opportunities to promote tourism and economic cooperation...
Mr. Nguyen Minh Man, Director of Communications - Marketing of TST Tourist, said that the company has more than 10 appointments with Australian travel agencies at this promotional program. This is an opportunity for the company to update and provide additional necessary information including the convenience for tourists to enter the country, the diversity of Vietnamese tourism types (community tourism, eco-tourism...) to meet the world's experiential tourism trend...
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Tourists visiting Australia before the Covid-19 pandemic |
“We also introduce to customers new tourism products in Ho Chi Minh City, inter-route and cross-Vietnam products connecting Ho Chi Minh City with many other provinces and cities, as well as tours connecting Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries,” said Mr. Nguyen Minh Man.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, Australia is one of the important markets for Vietnamese tourism, with great potential to contribute to the flow of tourists to Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular.
In 2019, the total number of visitors from Australia to Ho Chi Minh City reached nearly 300,000, by 2022 it will reach more than 130,000, accounting for about 3.5% of the total number of international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City in 2022. The Australian tourist market has always had strong growth and is among the top 10 markets with a large number of tourists to Vietnam.
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