The delegation comes from the world's fourth largest pharmaceutical corporation, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., owned by an Indian billionaire. The Indian billionaire and his staff will join the journey to explore Vietnam, through destinations including Hanoi, Ha Long and Ninh Binh. Vietravel Tourism Company is the main unit in charge of welcoming and serving the delegation in Vietnam.
The group includes guests from many different countries, but mainly Indians, who are classified as high-spending guests. The group's services were booked 2-3 months in advance. According to the schedule, the group will travel to most of the famous tourist destinations in the capital Hanoi, then to Ninh Binh and Ha Long Bay to continue sightseeing and experiencing.
The event opens up many potentials and opportunities for Vietnam's tourism industry to exploit this large market.
To organize and welcome this large group of visitors, the Vietnamese tourism industry needs many units to coordinate. Vietravel is in charge of welcoming and implementing travel, food, accommodation, and entertainment services for visitors. As the first destination, Hanoi is completing all preparations, ready to welcome the "largest Indian group ever".
India is considered one of the largest international tourist markets of Vietnam tourism.
The group of 4,500 Indian tourists coming to Vietnam has strict dietary requirements. The problem with the food is that it emphasizes vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism in the preparation process, and abstaining from meat depending on beliefs and religions. Hotel owners are flexible in adjusting and arranging.
Until now, Indian customers have been considered a "difficult" market to serve. They often have specific requests for menus, vegan food, mealtimes are often very late and they are often late. In addition, many customers only know Hindi and cannot communicate in English, which is also a big obstacle for service providers.
India is considered one of the largest international tourist markets for Vietnam tourism. According to data from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, in the first 7 months of the year, Vietnam welcomed more than 10 million international visitors. Of which, Indian visitors reached more than 271,000, an increase of 127% over the same period last year.
According to the Economic Times, India is currently one of the fastest growing tourist markets in the world. It is estimated that in 2024, tourists from this country will spend about 42 billion USD on foreign tourism.
Leading experts also commented that Vietnam has all the strengths to attract more Indian tourists. Accordingly, the distance between Vietnam and India is not too far, recently there have been more direct flights connecting the two countries officially put into operation, so it is very convenient for traveling. From Indian airports, tourists only take about 4-5 hours to fly to Vietnam.
