Thursday, March 26, 2015

Direct air routes deemed key to Vietnam-India tourism cooperation

A recently signed agreement between India and the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport will serve as an important legal framework to facilitate the development of their transport infrastructure, Billa noted at a tourism promotion event held by the Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi on March 24.
He said that India is one of the two countries that have had the most tourists going overseas in the world, and encouraged Vietnamese people to visit. He also suggested that if promotional activities are conducted effectively, Vietnam will be a magnet for Indian visitors because it possesses a multitude of attractive destinations, a rich culinary culture and many shared spiritual and cultural similarities with his country.
General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Nguyen Van Tuan, said numerous measures have been taken to strengthen bilateral cooperation, particularly in tourism, since Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to India last October.
Following the decision of India’s second biggest carrier, Jet Airways, to open a direct air route to Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country’s national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is also planning to launch a direct route to India. This will fuel tourism between the nations, Tuan claimed.
26/03/15 Vietnam Net
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