Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Fair 2014
From September 11 to 13, 2014, the General Department of Tourism will coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City and related units to organize the Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Fair 2014 (ITE-HCMC 2014) with the theme "Five countries - One destination" at the SECC Convention Center (District 7, Ho Chi Minh City).
The fair aims to promote the common image of the five countries in the Mekong region, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; at the same time, exploit the potential and strengths of attractive tourism products of each country; create opportunities for domestic tourism businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, to expand business cooperation with key international markets. The fair is also a meeting place to introduce tourism products and services between sellers and international buyers and trade visitors.
ITE-HCMC 2014 attracts the participation of 26 provinces/cities nationwide and tourism businesses from 15 countries and territories with the number of registered booths currently up to 184. The units participating in the fair will introduce their own attractive and unique features through booths designed prominently according to the theme of each country and territory.
The opening ceremony of ITE-HCMC 2014 will take place solemnly on the evening of September 10th with the highlight being a special art program, demonstrating the solidarity and mutual support between Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. On the opening night, the Organizing Committee will present the Mekong International Tourism Awards (MTAA) - a prestigious tourism award in the region. This is the 5th time this award has been held to recognize and honor the best businesses in the tourism industry of the 5 "5CODE" countries, including 6 categories: airline of the year, outbound travel agency of the year, inbound travel agency of the year, 5-star hotel of the year, resort of the year and eco-tourism destination of the year.
One of the new features of this fair is the organization of a boat festival on the Saigon River from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on September 9 to introduce inner-city river tourism products and a seminar on source tourism markets and tourism markets of Muslim countries. In addition, within the framework of the fair, there will also be a seminar on "Five countries - One destination" for international buyers and press; a seminar on introducing destinations for "Buyers in the CLMTV region"; a conference on promoting tourism investment in the lower Mekong; a Mekong - Japan tourism forum; a discussion of Tourism Ministers and Mayors of cities in the lower Mekong River...
In particular, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Fair (2005 - 2014), many attractive incentive and promotional programs for the public will also be organized such as: lucky draw; promotion of package tours; discount air tickets...
First held in 2005, ITE-HCMC is considered one of the leading tourism trade events in Vietnam, attracting a large number of international and regional tourism businesses. With its achievements, ITE-HCMC 2014 promises to be a highly professional fair, worthy of being a national and regional tourism event./.
According to Dulich.vn
