This Ho Chi Minh City delegation has nearly 30 representatives from Ho Chi Minh City tourism organizations.(Department of Tourism, Tourism Promotion Center, Tourism Association), Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Tourism, and leading travel and hotel businesses in Ho Chi Minh City participated.
Taiwan is the 4th market in the top 10 tourist source markets of Ho Chi Minh City tourism, just after Korea, Japan and the US, and is considered one of the top key tourist markets of the City. In 2015, the number of Taiwanese tourists to Ho Chi Minh City reached nearly 287,779 arrivals, an increase of 14% compared to 2014. In the first 9 months of 2016, it reached 256,150 arrivals, an increase of 16.9% compared to the same period in 2015.
In Taipei, from November 4 to 7, 2016, the delegation will attend the Taipei International Tourism Fair.(ITF)with a booth with a total area of 99 m2 organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and Vietnam Airlines with the participation of leading travel agencies in Vietnam. This is an annual international tourism fair in Taiwan and is considered one of the largest fairs in Northeast Asia. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City also organizes many cultural activities at the fair such as performances of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments, the art of making figurines, and a program to introduce and promote tourism in Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City. The program attracts representatives of the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, travel agencies and media agencies in Taipei to attend.
In Kaohsiung City, on November 8, 2016, a program to promote Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City tourism will take place with the participation of representatives of the Vietnam Economic - Cultural Office in Taipei, leaders of the Kaohsiung City Tourism Agency, Vietnam Airlines, 70 Vietnam - Taiwan travel agencies in Kaohsiung City. The program is a valuable opportunity for the Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City and Taiwan tourism agencies to introduce and promote their destinations, discuss the tourism situation of both sides, the orientations for bilateral tourism development in the coming time and is an effective bridge for businesses of both sides to strengthen cooperation and sign contracts.The highlight of the event was the two signing ceremonies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center and the Taiwan Events Association and the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association and the Kaohsiung Tourism Association, Taiwan..
The business trip left a deep impression on Taiwanese tourism agencies and travel businesses about a friendly Vietnamese tourist destination – Ho Chi Minh City. Thereby, contributing to promoting and tightening the friendship between Taiwan and Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular through tourism cooperation.
