Promoting tourism cooperation between Viet Nam and Japan

On 9 September 2016, Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) organized a seminar to promote tourism cooperation between Viet Nam and Japan.
Tourism cooperation between Viet Nam and Japan has increasingly been tightened, especially after the approval of joint statement on tourism cooperation between the two countries in 2005 and the establishment of Viet Nam-Japan Tourism Cooperation Committee. The two sides have supported each other in organizing promotional activities. Annually, Viet Nam participated in JATA Tourism Expo, holding various workshops and roadshows to promote Viet Nam tourism to Japanese public, welcomed Japanese famtrips and presstrips…
At the seminar, Mr. Chung proposed Japan to waive visa for Vietnamese citizens to boost tourists exchange between the two countries. Viet Nam has exempted visa for Japanese visitors since 2014.
To strengthen tourism cooperation in the coming time, the two sides should focus on boosting tourists exchange, developing human resources, investment in tourism development, travel facilitation and tourism promotion.
At the seminar, the representative of JATA spoke highly of Viet Nam’s potentials for tourism development with stunning landscapes, hospitable people... He also introduced Japanese tourism quality certification program for tourism enterprises and encouraged Vietnamese tourism businesses to cooperate with certified Japanese partners to ensure the tour service quality.
Representatives of tourism businesses of the two countries also shared information about attractive destinations in each country, promotional activities, new tourism products…
Hong Nhung.