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Viet Nam lures more British tourists

Viet Nam received 144,800 British tourists in the first eight months of this year, a 17.2 per cent year-on-year increase.

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/igures from the enera !tatistics &ffice shoed that the num*er of tourists from the from 2007 to 201 has increased. 3ast year, Viet Nam

received 184,0 British tourists. 'n the first eight months of this year, it received 144,800 British tourists, representing a 17.2 per cent year-on-year

increase.

Because of this, Viet Nam no vies the as one of its 5ey sources of tourists from +urope.

Visitors from the came to Viet Nam for severa reasons, incuding conferences, *usiness and or5. But most of them ere on hoiday and anted

to e6perience the natura *eauty of Viet Nam.

epresentatives of internationa trave companies tod onine nespaper Vietnampus that per cent of tourists from the chose Viet Nam *ecause

of its cutura and natura environment. !ome ere aso attracted to the country9s afforda*e tours and services, they added.

%ccording to Vietnam %irines, a*out : per cent of visitors came to Viet Nam to discover the *eauty of the country9s natura andscape, sea and

isands and earn more a*out its cuture.

Viet Nam offers favoura*e conditions to tourists and has *een the emerging destination of choice, ith diversified tourist products suita*e to most

mar5et segments in the .

'n addition, it is easy to connect to other tourist sites in the region through Viet Nam, and the geographica distance *eteen the to countries is

*ridged *y a mere 12-hour direct fight.

$oever, Viet Nam sti faces a num*er of difficuties in attracting tourists. 't has ;ust *egun comprehensive mar5et research and has yet to come up

ith reguar tourist mar5eting pans.

#rave to Vietnam< Vietnamese trave companies aso ac5ed the financing and infrastructure needed for effective tourist promotion campaigns and

have to cope ith fierce competition from other countries in the region.

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Viet Nam9s tourism industry is attempting to attract more tourists from the *y *uiding suita*e tourist products, strengthening promotion

programmes and deveoping strong in5s to aviation and tourism companies.

't has aso simpified immigration procedures and is enhancing internationa co-operation aongside mar5et research.

Viet Nam is offering a visa e6emption asting 0 days for tourists from %!+%N countries e6cept Brunei, and 1 days for tourists from =apan and !outh

orea, as e as >enmar5 and other +uropean countries i5e Noray, /inand, !eden and ussia.

'f approved, the proposa of the ?inistry of @uture, !port and #ourism to grant visa e6emptions to visitors from nine countries, incuding the , i

further promote the deveopment of the country9s tourism industry.

#he Viet Nam Nationa %dministration of #ourism said trave *usinesses shoud offer pac5ages ith severa destinations to first-time tourists in the

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