The outbound tourism grew roughly 20 percent per year in the past fiveyears and Vietnam has become the source markets of the tourism industryof many countries. The Saigon Times reports.
To wooVietnamese visitors, many regional countries are working hard to promotetheir images and launch a series of incentive programmes includingrelaxing visa requirements, offering discounts and giving greatertourist support.
Not long after the Republic ofKorea reduced the visa fee from 30 USD to 20 USD and loosened proceduresfor proving financial capability to attract more visitors from Vietnam,Turkey has introduced a new policy on its entry procedures.
Turkey provides an e-visa service for Vietnamese tourists entering thecountry for travel or business purposes. Vietnamese travelers havinground-trip tickets of Turkish Airlines, valid passports and Schengenvisas issued by EU states or members of the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development only need to check out the website ofTurkey’s migration agency to provide information and pay by credit cardto print out their e-visa.
Japan earlier announcedto issue multi-entry visa for Vietnamese tourists instead ofsingle-entry visa. At a meeting with the Vietnam National Administrationof Tourism (VNAT) last month, representatives of Japan’s tourismpromotion agency said Japan is looking to lure 200,000 Vietnamesevisitors by 2015 compared to the 55,000 in 2011.
Nguyen Quy Phuong, head of the Travel Division under VNAT, believes thatJapan’s target is achievable given numerous promotions that are beingoffered in Vietnam by the Northeast Asian nation’s tourism industry.
The Japanese tourism promotion agency and companies have organisedplenty of programmes for Vietnamese firms and media to study Japan’stourism and have rolled out big discounts for customers. At present,prices of tours to Japan have been slashed by up to 10 million VND.
Like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia who raced to apply multipleincentives to woo Vietnamese visitors before, other foreign destinationslike the Republic of Korea have started adopting attractive policies toboost their tourism sales.
Korean tours offerincentives for Vietnamese MICE groups, including discounts of 10-15percent for visitors travelling by themselves and those using servicesat resorts and entertainment areas in the winter season.
Meanwhile, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council said it willsupport air tickets and hotel fees or even cash for organisations orenterprises taking customer groups to the territory for healthcareservices associated with travel purposes.
Tran XuanHung, Director of Viking Company, said many nations have taken promptactions to win the hearts of Vietnamese travellers. For instance, hesaid, when Viking representatives went to Buhtan to make surveys forarrangements of a caravan tour set for the upcoming Lunar New Yearholiday, they were extended a warm welcome by the local tourismauthorities.
Tourism companies in Ho Chi Minh Cityagreed that thanks to strong promotions, the number of Vietnamesetravelling abroad has grown sharply. The RoK saw a 20 percent pickup inVietnamese tourist arrivals in January-September. The number ofVietnamese visitors to Japan is expected to double to around 100,000this year.
Although there is no official informationon the number of Vietnamese travelling overseas annually, the VietnamTourism Association estimates the annual growth rate at 20 percent inrecent years despite protracted economic difficulties.
In 2012, some 3.5 million Vietnamese travelled abroad with total spending of roughly 3.5 billion USD.-VNA
To wooVietnamese visitors, many regional countries are working hard to promotetheir images and launch a series of incentive programmes includingrelaxing visa requirements, offering discounts and giving greatertourist support.
Not long after the Republic ofKorea reduced the visa fee from 30 USD to 20 USD and loosened proceduresfor proving financial capability to attract more visitors from Vietnam,Turkey has introduced a new policy on its entry procedures.
Turkey provides an e-visa service for Vietnamese tourists entering thecountry for travel or business purposes. Vietnamese travelers havinground-trip tickets of Turkish Airlines, valid passports and Schengenvisas issued by EU states or members of the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development only need to check out the website ofTurkey’s migration agency to provide information and pay by credit cardto print out their e-visa.
Japan earlier announcedto issue multi-entry visa for Vietnamese tourists instead ofsingle-entry visa. At a meeting with the Vietnam National Administrationof Tourism (VNAT) last month, representatives of Japan’s tourismpromotion agency said Japan is looking to lure 200,000 Vietnamesevisitors by 2015 compared to the 55,000 in 2011.
Nguyen Quy Phuong, head of the Travel Division under VNAT, believes thatJapan’s target is achievable given numerous promotions that are beingoffered in Vietnam by the Northeast Asian nation’s tourism industry.
The Japanese tourism promotion agency and companies have organisedplenty of programmes for Vietnamese firms and media to study Japan’stourism and have rolled out big discounts for customers. At present,prices of tours to Japan have been slashed by up to 10 million VND.
Like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia who raced to apply multipleincentives to woo Vietnamese visitors before, other foreign destinationslike the Republic of Korea have started adopting attractive policies toboost their tourism sales.
Korean tours offerincentives for Vietnamese MICE groups, including discounts of 10-15percent for visitors travelling by themselves and those using servicesat resorts and entertainment areas in the winter season.
Meanwhile, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council said it willsupport air tickets and hotel fees or even cash for organisations orenterprises taking customer groups to the territory for healthcareservices associated with travel purposes.
Tran XuanHung, Director of Viking Company, said many nations have taken promptactions to win the hearts of Vietnamese travellers. For instance, hesaid, when Viking representatives went to Buhtan to make surveys forarrangements of a caravan tour set for the upcoming Lunar New Yearholiday, they were extended a warm welcome by the local tourismauthorities.
Tourism companies in Ho Chi Minh Cityagreed that thanks to strong promotions, the number of Vietnamesetravelling abroad has grown sharply. The RoK saw a 20 percent pickup inVietnamese tourist arrivals in January-September. The number ofVietnamese visitors to Japan is expected to double to around 100,000this year.
Although there is no official informationon the number of Vietnamese travelling overseas annually, the VietnamTourism Association estimates the annual growth rate at 20 percent inrecent years despite protracted economic difficulties.
In 2012, some 3.5 million Vietnamese travelled abroad with total spending of roughly 3.5 billion USD.-VNA
