September 09, 2019 | 16:10 (GMT+7)
Vietnam promotes tourism in Japan
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is organising a programme to promote Vietnam tourism in Japan from September 6 to 15.
The programme will be held in Kanagawa, Tokyo and Hokkaido, aiming to attract more Japanese tourists to Vietnam.
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Vietnamese tourism was introduced in Kanagawa. Source: vietnamtourism.gov.vn |
Japan is now the third biggest source market of Vietnam. In 2018, Vietnam welcomed 826,000 Japanese visitors, a year-on-year rise of 3.6 percent.
In the first eight months of this year, 620,000 Japanese tourists arrived in Vietnam, up 13.7 percent year-on-year.
Source: VNA