As part of this strategy, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is now launching a series of promotion activities in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Chongqing and Chengdu. We catch up on VTV reporters in from Beijing, China.
Nearly 1,000 Chinese travel agencies attended the meeting with Vietnamese tourism authorities and businesses. Various destinations and Vietnam’s rich and diverse were introduced to Chinese customers.
"For Chinese tourists, their most favourite destinations in Vietnam are Nha Trang and Danang. Nha Trang can be seen as Maldives of Vietnam and Danang is said to be Eastern Hawaii." - Zhang Sheng, Chairman, Board of Directors, Beijing Cosmos Travel International Co. Ltd.
"The low-end segment of the Chinese market includes visitors who travel overland and have limited time and budgets. So our main target is Chinese high-end tourists, who travel by air and spend much more time and money." - Nguyen Van Tuan, General Director, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
Vietnam has established travel packages by air from 18 Chinese cities to Danang and Nha Trang. Among them, the route from Chengdu to Nha Trang sometimes has up to 9 flights per week. The number of Chinese visitors to Vietnam by air has increased significantly, accounting for 65% of foreign visitors to Vietnam.
