The awards cover the fields of community-based tourism, homestay, spa, and public toilet services.

Themed “ASEAN: The Power of One”, the ATF featured more than 20 activities and events, attracting the participation of over 2,000 delegates from tourism ministries and agencies of ASEAN, the World Tourism Organisation, and other international tourism organizations and associations.

At the ASEAN Tourism Award ceremony.

It has opened up opportunities for cooperation in and the promotion of the lands, cultures, and peoples of ASEAN member countries to international friends, as well as helped elevate the political position of the 10-member group through bilateral and multilateral mechanism dialogues.

At the event, Vietnam proposed connecting heritages to boost ASEAN tourism in the digital era.

Delegates agreed to adopt press statements on tourism cooperation and development both within ASEAN and between the group and its partners, as well as specific cooperation programmes in response to the ASEAN-India Year of Tourism in 2019; and set targets for tourism growth in the bloc.

Representatives of the participating countries highly valued the efforts made by Vietnam and Quang Ninh province, which is home to UNESCO-recognised Ha Long Bay, in hosting the forum.

This is the second time Vietnam has hosted the ATF, following the first in 2009 under the theme of “ASEAN Tourism: Striving for a New Height”.

At the closing ceremony, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien handed over the mantle of the ATF 2020 host to Brunei.

Well preparing for Tay Yen Tu Cultural Tourism Week

(BGO) – The Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee Le Anh Duong and leaders of some departments, Son Dong People’s Committee on January 2 paid a field trip to inspect the execution progress of construction projects in Tay Yen Tu spiritual and ecological tourism site. 

 

Hai Duong kicks off tourism cultural festival to welcome New Year

Hai Duong province launched a tourism cultural festival on the evening of December 30 to welcome New Year 2019, including a street carnival with the participation of 2,000 artists.

 

Culture-Tourism Village to host assorted activities to welcome New Year 2019

Assorted activities to welcome New Year 2019 will be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in the Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay town, Hanoi, during a four-day holiday from December 29, 2018, to January 1, 2019.

 

Asia becomes top market of Vietnamese tourism

Asian countries are the major market of Vietnam’s tourism sector in 2018 with over 12 million departures, up 23.7 percent over last year, statistics show.

 

Source: VNA