Vietnam’s tourism rolls to new records
August 25, 2010 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
Filed under Mekong Region
BANGKOK, 25 August 2010 – International visitors to Vietnam in July were reached an estimated 410,000 an increase of 51.1% over the same month last year.
International arrivals for the first seven months of the year tallied 2,920,521 representing a 34.9% growth. According to data supplied by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam and published on the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism website, China continued to be the country’s top supplier.
Mekong Ministers meet in Hanoi
August 18, 2010 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Mekong Region
BANGKOK, 18 August 2010- Ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region will meet in Hanoi later this week to develop a new 10-years plan for regional cooperation that includes tourism and improvements to transportation links.
Vietnam’s Golf Coast operators join hands
August 18, 2010 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Mekong Region, Vietnam
BANGKOK, 18 August 2010 – Resorts, golf courses and a golf tour operator have formed a partnership, Vietnam Golf Coast, to promote Danang as a viable Southeast Asia golf destination for overseas golfers.
Members of the Vietnam Golf Coast are: