HCMC, Taichung join hands to lure tourists

HCMC, Taichung join hands to lure tourists

HCMC, Taichung join hands to lure tourists

Dao Loan

Representatives of HCMC and Taichung sign the tourism cooperation agreements during the Taiwanese delegation’s trip to the city – PHOTO: DAO LOAN

HCMC – Travel firms in Taichung (Taiwan) and HCMC have signed agreements to promote tourist attractions, build tourism products and assign staff to support each other in an effort to lure travelers visiting the two destinations.

Speaking to the Daily on the sidelines of a signing ceremony in HCMC on February 13 Nguyen Thi Khanh, vice chairwoman of the HCMC Tourism Association, said this cooperation is meaningful as there are detailed plans to boost tourism growth in both sides.

She said the association wants to draw on experience from Taichung in product development and organization of events to lure travelers.

According to the association, around 330,000 Taiwanese visited HCMC and the number of HCMC travelers to Taiwan was estimated at 20,000 last year.

Taiwan has emerged as a tourist attraction to Vietnamese in the past two years. The number of Vietnamese visitors to Taiwan is small but it is increasing strongly compared to other nations like South Korea and Japan. Prices of package tours are much lower than in previous years.

Taichung City’s Tourism Office told the signing ceremony on February 13 that the city expects Vietnamese travelers to this city would be equivalent to half of the Taiwanese visitors to HCMC.

A Taichung-based enterprise told the Daily that it is expecting an increase in the number of Vietnamese arrivals and that it is working on plans to provide new products for these customers.

David Wang, director of sales at China Airlines’ branch in Vietnam, said the carrier is operating 21 weekly flights from HCMC to Taipei and Taichung in coordination with Vietnam Airlines.

China Airlines plans to increase flights to Taipei and launch the HCMC-Kaohsiung service in the coming time.

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