The Temple of Literature in Hanoi (Photo: vietnamtourism.com.vn)




Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s Department of Tourism on September 8 introduced the
city’s tourism potentials to Swedish travel companies and discussed solutions
to boost bilateral cooperation in this field.

The
Swedish travel companies were provided with an insight into Hanoi through
introductions, documentaries, forms of traditional arts, cuisine art and fact-finding
trips to tourist sites.

During
their stay in Hanoi, representatives of the Swedish companies visited Ho Chi
Minh Mausoleum, the Temple of Literature and Hanoi’s Old Quarter, which they
evaluated as special destinations.

Director
of the department Tran Duc Hai said the city’s tourism sector want local travel
companies to cooperate with Swedish partners to explore each other’s markets.



The
department will accompany and create the best conditions to facilitate the tourism
cooperation between Hanoi and Swedish travel firms, he stressed.

Statistics
showed that in 2016, Hanoi welcomed more than 4 million foreign visitors, including
almost 16,000 Swedish tourists, up 29 percent from the previous year.

Hanoi
has been named as one of the top 10 attractive destinations in Asia by the
Travel and Leisure (the US) and Smart Travel Asia (Hong Kong) Magazines.

In
particular, the travel website Tripadvisor ranked Hanoi second among 10 most attractive
destinations in Asia and one of the world’s 10 most appealing destinations in
2015 and 2016.-VNA