PANO – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism with the technical support of the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Program funded by the European Union (EU-ESRT) on March 30th held a conference in Hanoi to implement the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan in the period of 2016-2025 as well as contents related to Vietnam’s regional tourism integration.

The conference

Present at the conference were leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of the EU-ESRT project; domestic and international tourism companies; and experts. They shared their information and experiences to evaluate opportunities, challenges and difficulties that Vietnam is facing in the process of regional tourism integration process.

This also offered a chance for businesses to better comprehend the path of integration to proactively develop sufficient and appropriate plans and strategies to overcome the difficulties and challenges in the forthcoming time, particularly in the current context of tourism integration in the ASEAN Economic Community.

Translated by Linh Anh