With the theme "Imagine your Korea", visitors to the Korean booth this year will have access to many new experiences and useful tourist information.

Korea Tourism Organization in Vietnam (KTO in Vietnam) together with Jeju Tourism Bureau (JTO) and Korea Tourism Association (Kata) join the International Tourism Fair in 2015 VITM Instructors Exhibition Center Vo Hanoi from 3 - April 6, 2015.

The number of Korean tourists to Vietnam in the first 3 months with plenty of variation, but in February there is a sharp decline due to the Lunar New Year holiday period, but in March there has been a significant recovery. As of date 03/23/2015 tourists reached 36.704 persons Vietnam increased by 23.1% over the same period last year. Step into April with cherry blossom season, the Korea Tourism promises to bring visitors satisfaction with service quality as well as the variety of products to choose from.

Visitors can explore the tourism product would sell in spring - this summer in "Manual VITM Tour 2015" to be free distribution at the booth. In addition to common products that Vietnam's tourism companies have been widely offered, the spring of this year the market will really explode with new products designed to sell in the spring such as spring Sac Korea (Vietravel Hanoi), Spring Flower Festival (TST Tourist), Complete Nations - spring flower season (Hanoi Redtours), etc ..

2015, KTO in Vietnam with the Vietnam Tourism Company policy to develop new products, more individualized to meet the diverse travel needs of tourists in Vietnam. In particular, freedom of travel products entitled "Dust to Korean Tourism" promises to attract more interest from those who want the freedom to explore Korean in his way. Products provide visa services, airfare, hotel and airport transfers in Korea. With a maximum period of 5 days and 4 nights, guests will be free to explore the unique culture and visit the famous scenic spots of Seoul their own way.

Products are expected to be Vietravel Hanoi and HCMC offered in the future. In addition to this unique FIT products, KTO in Vietnam is also building two products aimed at more specific target audience: "K-Pop show tour" won for young love Korean wave and du "Cycling Jeju Island "for tourists who love sports like mountain biking. These unique products are expected to be launched in May, June next.

In the first day of the fair, the Korea Tourism Association Kata bring 13 units of top inbound tourism do in Korea. The B2B meetings will be held in conference room A7 booth and exhibition site. This will be an opportunity for the two countries' enterprises seek cooperation opportunities in the future.

In addition to useful tourist information, the fair visitors also have the opportunity to participate in exciting games of KTO and receive lovely gifts that KTO in Vietnam has prepared. Visitors can directly sample the material makes the unique Korean food, which learn to do this dish at home on the morning of the 4th, 5th, April 6 and photographed Free take immediate charge on each afternoon.

Come to the fair VITM, KTO in Vietnam brought performances extremely unique named BIBAP. This is a non-verbal performances based on a signature dish of Korea -bibimbap (mixed vegetable rice and beef). The actors will demonstrate how to make bibimbap on the music with body movements attractions such as B-boy dance. Launched in 2009, BIBAP become famous by the unique, strange thanks to the combination of cuisine and entertainment.

On the sidelines of the fair VITM, KTO in Vietnam and Jeju Tourism Bureau held a seminar Tourism Jeju - Korea and MOU signing ceremony of cooperation with several tour companies Vietnam on 04/06/2015 at Pullman Hanoi. Through the cooperation program between Jeju and the Vietnam tour operators in 2014 has support for approximately 2,922 visitors tour of Vietnam rewarded when to Jeju.

And this year, in particular through this workshop, KTO in Vietnam and Jeju Tourism Department hopes to bring useful travel information to travel companies in Vietnam, as well as to support for many tourist delegations commended to Jeju.

With these diverse activities have been prepared, Korea Tourism Organization in Vietnam hoping to help visitors imagine unleash their own to Korea when the Korean booth at the International Tourism Fair VITM International 2015!

Recognized as Urban Beach Tourism of the country first, Cua Lo determined to fulfill the criteria on the economic front, social life, culture and information. In which city is expected to welcome 2.5 million foreign and domestic visitors.

With the theme: Tourism Cua Lo - discipline - Brand, breakfast 27/3, Cua Lo Town People's Committee in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications, Nghe An province, Nghe An Association of Journalists held a press conference statement Cua Lo tourism communications in 2015.

According to Mr. Doan Tien Dung, Deputy Party Secretary, Chairman Cua Lo Town, Cua Lo Tourism Festival 2015 opening of the country on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the South, President Most country (04.30.1975 - 30.04.2015), which has a lot of content innovation, impressive, practical, take part folk for, down to the art program.

2014, Cua was the Prime Minister recognized cruise municipality. Last year, the number of tourists to Cua Lo to 2.3 million passengers, revenue from service activities, tourism reached 1,730 billion.

2015, Cua Lo is expected to increase by 500 rooms, which attracts 2.5 million visitors at home and abroad. Festival tourism and for tourism activities in 2015 of Cua Lo attractive products will continue to contribute to affirm cultural values ​​bearing deep waters Cua Lo in the process of integration and development development. Besides, Cua Lo tourism also contributed to propagate, promote tourism Nghe An to the people in the country, international friends ...

Over the years, Cua Lo became tourist destinations are many tourists choose, especially in summer. 2015, Cua Lo continued investment and development of infrastructure for tourism, to meet the needs of tourists both domestic and international.

To accommodate visitors, Cua has formed many attractive tours, connect with other tourist attractions of Nghe An as Cua Lo - Country Doctor; Cua Lo - Lam River - Firewood temple; Cua Lo - Vinh - Kim Lien relic - Pu Mat primary forest; yacht sightseeing Lanzhou island - the Tortoise - Fairy Island; Cua Lo - Fishermen Island - Island Eye - Lam river ... and some provinces such as Cua Lo online - Cau Treo border gate - Lak Sao (Laos).

The shortcomings in the promotion, promotion of tourism in Vietnam and some basic measures to make tourism Vietnam escape the vicious circle ... was Mr. Vu The Binh, Vice Chairman of the Association Traveling Vietnam shared openly.

For a long time, has a lot of flow of the work is centered around promoting Vietnam's tourism image. As a highly professional and many years working in the industry, he assessed how about the promotion, tourism promotion in Vietnam compared with other countries in the region?

Vu The Binh, Deputy Chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association shared openly about issues related to the promotion, the promotion of tourism in Vietnam.

I feel that the promotion of our increasingly receding. Even in areas we lost both Cambodia and almost "the book", perhaps with the only par or better ratings Laos, Myanmar. However, recently there has been a spurt Myanmar significantly. Many stalls at tourism fairs in this country than we. The issue is why we do not do as neighbors? I hope the next conference in 2015 VITM framework issues will be the total local leaders, professionals, businesses and even people ... sharing straightforward to seek a solution.

We need to learn how to do in Korea, Japan and even the regional countries like Thailand. The fact that the countries have developed their tourism industry with representations of the tourism industry across the globe. Promotion work they do is very fierce. In Thailand it can be considered as a model to promote the image of the most successful tourism sector. South Korea, too, they always show the country position in the world stature. Then other countries they do very well promoting all copies. We should refer, seriously learn how to make your country.

According to the causes underlying resulted promotional activities our effective yet?

There are many reasons why the promotion of our weak to be effective as expected. Firstly, the investment from the state for the tourist promotion too little. Funds reserved for tourism promotion of the country is too small, even just by funding the promotion of a business-class.

"We do not have the expertise or professional in the promotion, which leads to efficiency not as expected, ..."

Together, the operations of the direct promotion work is not high. This year we have allocated to this unit done, next year we re-assigned to other units like the divided parts, ... Try to ask when will we have expertise, experience? We did not have a unified link. The link between aviation, business, tourism authorities and associations both very disjointed. The construction of the image of the country, the scale booth ... at the tourism fair in the world and there is no consistency.

There is the fact that already more than 20 years, Vietnam tourism industry with the government applying for establishment representative offices in foreign countries, but so far we do not have an office, other than a representative office in Japan Japan Tourism Association initiated. While tourism law stipulated that travel agencies have offices in foreign countries, but the law has come to life more than 10 years now, but we still can not do. This can be seen as a disadvantage of Vietnam tourism.

Vietnam needs to improve the work under way to promote the image of tourism effectively sir?

More than ever, now we need to improve the professional quality of services, tourism products, tourism staff and the promotion of tourism promotion, ... then that Vietnam new hope catch up with other countries in the region. The state also needs to invest in place for the promotion promotional activities of this sector. We should deploy many representative offices of foreign tourism, as much as possible.

However, it should be noted that this office is the place promoting Vietnam's tourism image, not administrative agencies that are often found in Vietnam. If unqualified, the immediate national choose a few key markets to boost promotional activities. I hope if all the issues are resolved, the drastic action in about 5 years time we will catch up with them.

HCM City People's Committee has assigned the Department of Tourism in coordination with other offices related surveys, study proposals to build tourist routes to Changsha

Specifically, the city was handed over to the Corporation and Saigontourist Travel Service Company Bay and Newport Beach Tourism complete implementation plans Changsha travel program, special attention to the cost of engines valuation basis to attract tourists.

No less unique signs appear on the provinces in Vietnam to make viewers "can not help laughing."

Besides the unique signposts, many shops in Vietnam were displayed on billboards with humorous content, the attention of the viewer.

A plate of beef noodle shops rules tendon in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City is sensational in recent times. With amusing content, attracting the attention of diners should Bun also more crowded.

Out is switched off season "season bankrupt"

A shop in the city of Vung Tau attention to billboards super terrorist "noodle bowl eating chilies would be a promotional"

Billboards for motorcycle taxi service with very affordable prices

How read, write like

A shoe shop in Ho Chi Minh City with extremely hazardous content, stimulate the curiosity of passers

Plates attention with content that the viewer confused

Super unique advertisement with long legs doll items

Sellers easygoing

Super ads

Lodging on Tran Duy Hung, Hanoi with very attractive names

As the demand for winter visitors than expected, the organizers VITM Fair 2015 has decided to extend from 17h to 19h opening on the same day, the domestic airline ticket inflate more to serve guests ...

Vu The Binh, Head of the Organization VITM Fair 2015, the Vice Chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association, said: "To meet the needs of visitors to the fair, the fair organizers decided in 2015 VITM prolonged fair opening hours. If the first day to close at 17 pm VITM same day, today and tomorrow, time will be prolonged den19h ".

Due to the growing number of tourists should Organizing Committee decided to extend opening hours, instead of 17 pm close, from today's closing time 19h.

According to information from tour operators, sales today doubled yesterday, several customers have deposited money for the group tour or family, not many retail customers this year, it was for that reason, the amount sold by the booth were very good.

At Corporate Travel accommodations Vietrantour first day sold 200 seats, yesterday sold 800 seats. "We hope today will sell 2,000 seats", business representatives said.

Also at the booth of Fiditour, Tran Thi Bao Thu, Director of Communications, said: "The number of visitors attending the fair this year than last winter, guests can book tours has also increased significantly. Due to the many incentives and price falling ... so Fiditour has sold a large number of day 2 open days ".

Representatives of travel agencies affirmed, with the tour price is falling as companies cut rates to stimulate demand, no matter the price reduction is to reduce service quality.

According to our understanding, due to the airline offers tickets for business late, most of the discounts at the prompt businesses to advertise to people. If this is done early arrivals certainly will outnumber VITM lot.

Reflecting the Company HaNoi Redtour Tourism, yesterday, at the booth of Hanoi Redtour first day open sale has 1500 registered visitors to tour, destinations such as Thailand, Malaysia, Da Nang, Nha Trang Phu Quoc, are visitors asked most.

"In today fairly large amount of people, probably in the last two days of the tour will amount sold more".

Mr. Nguyen Cong Hoan said, to ensure fair competition among enterprises, system will connect VITM Online 24/24 with travel agencies. Guests booking any business of information will go straight to the business to business direct contact with customers.

At the booth of passengers were packed.

On the interface of the website will have the logo of businesses participating in the system. Those businesses more product constantly updated products will constantly show up in the first place. And so, the competition between travel agencies will be present on the system through pricing, new attractiveness of each road tour, each market. The system is constantly updated and the introduction of new products at the most attractive prices on the homepage so that customers do not miss.

Along with prolonging held during the day, some domestic airlines fairs has also decided to increase the number of tickets sold to visitors. Our recognized in the Sunday morning fair number of visitors increased sharply. Of people visited the booths of businesses and put a lot of money buying tour.

Strong ruble discount travel is affecting Southeast Asia, the Russian people were considered carefully before departure due to budget spending will be doubled to travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

In the context of declining oil prices and the impact from the sanctions of the West against Russia concerning the crisis in Ukraine, the ruble fell by 43% in value against the dollar in 2014.

Therefore, a traveler needs to spend about 140,000 rubles Russia ($ 2,479) for a trip to Vietnam, including airfare and hotel, up to 60,000 rubles more than last year.

Russian tourists. (Source: BBC)

Russia "contribute" billions of dollars in revenue from tourism to Southeast Asia and ranks second in number after the Chinese tourists.

2013, when the Russian tourists to Vietnam doubled, Vietnam Airlines has opened direct routes connecting Moscow and Cam Ranh, Nha Trang near.

Privacy in the month 1-3 / 2015, about 95,800 Russian tourists visited Vietnam, down 27% compared to the same period last year and marked the first quarterly decrease since 2012.

Meanwhile, the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism estimated that Russian tourists coming to this country is 18,300 visitors in the first two months of 2015, down 51%. Thailand has also attracted 1.6 million Russian tourists in 2014, down 8.6%.

Particularly in January, Russian tourists to Thailand decreased by 46%. Also in the Philippines, the number of Russian tourists was down 12% in January this year.

President Hotel Association of Thailand, Surapong Techaruvichit said: "The amount of Russian tourists to Thailand has decreased since last year, mainly due to the devaluation of the ruble. In particular, the traditional favorite destinations of Russian tourists to Phuket and Pattaya Thailand as severely affected "./.