
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese travel companies shouldpay more attention to the Bangladeshi market, while fostering cooperation withBangladeshi partners to design tours suitable to both Vietnamese andBangladeshi people, thus increasing the number of visitors to each other’scountry, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Bangladesh Tran Van Khoa.
The diplomat said that leaders of Vietnam andBangladesh have agreed to open a direct air route linking the two countries andthe plan is being considered by relevant agencies.
Bangladesh, with a population of over 160 million,rapid economic growth and an increasing number of people with high incomes, isbecoming a promising market for Vietnamese tourism companies.
However, the number of enterprises entering thismarket has remained few. According to Nguyen Hong Van, Director of the ATEVietnam Ltd., one of the reasons behind this fact is high prices of tours dueto the lack of a direct air route between the two countries as well asinformation about the market.
She said that as part of efforts to penetrate themarket, ATE Vietnam participated in the Bangladesh International Travel andTourism Fair 2018, which ran from April 19-21 in Dhaka.
Many visitors showed their interest in the Vietnamesebooth which introduced Vietnam’s popular tourist destinations such as Ha LongBay, Ninh Binh, Sa Pa, Nha Trang and Mui Ne.
Muhammad Rezaul Karim, General Director ofBangladesh’s Sky Holidays Company, said that he traveled to many places inVietnam such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang and he was the mostimpressed at the UNESCO-recognised heritage site of Ha Long Bay.
Vietnamese firms have great business opportunities inBangladesh as Bangladeshi people have warm sentiments towards Vietnam, he said,adding that more Bangladeshi people are travelling abroad.
The International Travel and Tourism Fair is thebiggest of its kind in Bangladesh, which is held annually. This year, the eventwas participated by travel firms from various countries including China, India,Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka andMaldives.-VNA
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