Vietnam, Japan boost tourism cooperation

Khanh Hoa (VNA) - A seminar on Vietnam-Japan tourism cooperation was held in Nha Trang city of southern Khanh Hoa province on February 27.

The seminar, co-organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
(VNAT), the Vietnam Airlines (VA) and the Japan Association of Travel Agents
(JATA), aims at building an action plan and discusses a tourism development
programme to bring visitors to the two countries this year.

Participants focused their discussion on the difficulties and challenges for the
tourism sector caused by the world economic recession.

At the seminar, the VNAT and the VA announced their promotion and discount
programmes for tourists coming to Vietnam this year, especially Japanese
visitors.

The seminar also aims to introduce Vietnam 's tourism potentials such as
landscapes, festivals and cultural and architectural works to make the country
become one of 10 world most popular tourism destinations.

Vietnam consider some West European countries and Japan potential tourism
market, the VNAT said.

On this occasion, Khanh Hoa province also introduced the JATA its Nha Trang
tourism area, one of the country's famous landscapes.-Enditem