(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam welcomed more than 1.65 million foreign visitors in the first 9 months of this year and 86.8 million domestic visits, generating some 16.5 billion USD, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
The Administration chief Nguyen Trung Khanh addressed the Mekong Tourism Forum 2022 which opened in the central coastal province of Quang Nam on Wednesday.
This year’s event themed “Rebuild Tourism, Rebound with Resilience” is the first in-person gathering of the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) destinations since the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the tourism industry.
Some 250 delegates will discuss tourism recovery after the disease, digital transformation, a connection between sustainable travel service providers and buyers and the opening of green tourism opportunities.
Khanh said more than 110,000 travelers from countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region visited Vietnam so far this year. “Mekong sub-region tourism should promote communications and destination branding while improving its infrastructure and facilities to raise its competitiveness,” he added.
The Mekong Tourism Forum is an annual government-led event dedicated to the tourism industry in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. It provides a cooperative platform for travel and tourism stakeholders to discuss regional tourism development through public and private sector cooperation. This has been the 3rd time Vietnam hosted the event.
The Greater Mekong Sub-region includes 6 countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China.