On the Hungarian side, there was the participation of Ms. Vincze Zsuzsanna, Director of the Foreign Tourism Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations, representatives of the General Department of Tourism, the Hungarian Travel Association, and leading Hungarian travel companies.
On the Vietnamese side, there were Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Hungary; Mr. Vo Anh Tai, Deputy General Director of Saigon Tourist Corporation (Saigontourist), Vice President of Vietnam Tourism Association, and representatives of the Saigontourist delegation.
The two sides have exchanged information on the tourism markets of the two countries, with the desire to increasingly increase the number of visitors, exploit economic efficiency, and match the potential, strengths of the tourism industry and the interests of tourists of the two countries.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Ambassador of Vietnam to Hungary, highly appreciated Saigontourist, the largest tourism brand in Vietnam, for pioneering the implementation of the tourism development cooperation program between Vietnam and Hungary, and requested the other side to create more favorable conditions for granting visas to Vietnamese tourists to Hungary, according to the commitment between the two governments. Regarding the granting of visas to Hungarian tourists to Vietnam, the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has been creating the fastest conditions, granting them on the same day to international tourists.
Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary highly appreciated the efforts and potential of Saigontourist, the attraction of Vietnamese tourism to Hungarian tourists and the source market of Vietnamese tourists will be in the sights of the Hungarian tourism industry. In the coming time, the Hungarian Government will study to create the best and fastest conditions in simplifying visa procedures for Vietnamese tourists.
Hungary in particular and the Central European market in general are new products of Saigontourist with a special tour program Hungary - Slovakia - Czech Republic - Austria 10 days 9 nights priced at about 50 million VND/person. From now until the end of 2017, Saigontourist Travel will serve hundreds of Vietnamese tourists participating in the journey, including many groups combining tourism, conferences, seminars (MICE). And in 2018, Saigontourist Travel will periodically organize tours to Hungary and Central Europe. At the same time, Saigontourist will increase cooperation with leading Hungarian partners to bring Hungarian tourists to Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam.
