The four-day Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM) 2017, which concluded on April 9, saw the participation of 3,000 enterprises and about 61,000 visitors.
Hanoi (VNA) – Thefour-day Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM) 2017, which concluded onApril 9, saw the participation of 3,000 enterprises and about 61,000 visitors.
According to the organisingboard, some 20,070 domestic and international tours were sold at the event for totalrevenue of 212 billion VND (9.35 million USD).
VITM, the largest of its kind inVietnam, attracted major Vietnamese travel firms, such as Vietravel, Vietrantour,Saigontourist and Hanoitourist, along with international firms from theRepublic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Cambodia.
Among the most successfulenterprises at the event were Vietrantour with sales of 15.7 billion VND(692,527 USD), up 15 percent year on year, TransViet with 26 billion VND (1.14million USD), a rise of about 30 percent, and Hanoi Redtours with 21 billionVND (926,310 USD).
The organising board said that asurvey at the fair showed that 79.5 percent of participants were satisfied withthe event, while 72.7 percent of the firms said that they will attend the fairnext year.
A street food festival was ahighlight giving visitors a chance to enjoy dishes from the Republic of Korea, Japan,Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, Italy, the US, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Ten dishes, five chefs and fivefirms received awards, while the Vietnam Tourism Association honoured the first10 travel enterprises to serve outbound tourists in 2017.-VNA
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Visitors at the event (Photo: VNA) 
