Promoting Viet Nam tourism to Malaysia’s travel agents and media

Aiming to attract more tourists from Malaysia to Viet Nam, in the framework of the fam trip program to Viet Nam’s heritage sites 2015 for Malaysia’s outbound travel agents and media hosted by Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), a workshop on introducing about Viet Nam tourism was organized on 24 November in Ha Noi.
The workshop had the presence of Mr. Ngo Hoai Chung, Deputy General Director of VNAT; H.E. Dato Azmil Zabidi, Ambassador of Malaysia to Viet Nam; Mr. Ahmad Zaki Mohd Salleh, Director of the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board in Viet Nam; representative of Ha Noi Department of Tourism, tourism enterprises and media agencies in Malaysia and Viet Nam.
Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Quy Phuong, Director of Travel Industry Management Department (VNAT) emphasized that Malaysia has been one of the largest tourist markets among ASEAN countries. Viet Nam and Malaysia have favorable conditions to enhance tourism cooperation thanks to close location which is convenient for travelling by air, sea or land. In the coming time, Viet Nam hopes to further cooperate with Malaysia in tourism development to boost the number of exchange tourists between the two countries.
Representatives of Malaysia’s travel agents and media expressed their thankfulness for support of VNAT, Viet Nam’s travel agencies and hotels for the fam trip (from 18-25 November) and appreciated the beautiful landscapes and hospitality of Viet Nam. They had very exciting experiences at famous destinations in Viet Nam such as Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, Non Nuoc stone carving village (Marble Mountains), Hoi An Ancient Town, the Complex of Hue Monuments, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Trang An Landscapes Complex, Ha Long Bay, The Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Ha Noi Old Quarter.
Thanh Tam.