The Viet Nam International Travel Mart - VITM Hanoi 2017 was officially opened at Huu Nghi Cultural Palace

The opening ceremony of Vietnam International Fair 2017

The Viet Nam International Travel Mart 2017 is considered as the largest and most anticipated tourism event of the year.  This fair expanded both in terms of scale and number of 652 enterprises with 450 booths from 43 provinces, 25 countries and territories. The fair has the theme "Hanoi - the destination of Vietnam tourism", with many destinations, a lot of unique and impressive tourism products.

Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that Vietnam tourism has gained impressive growth in the last time. In particular, the number of international tourists 2016 first reached over 10 million, up 26% over 2015. Total revenue from tourism reached over VND 400,000 billion. International visitors were estimated at over 3.2 million visitors in the first quarter of 2017, up 29% over the same period last year, domestic tourists reached 22.2 million people. Total revenue from tourists is estimated at VND 131.9 trillion. These are impressive figures. These step by step making tourism become a key economy sector of Vietnam. "In the current trend of competition and globalization, promotion, marketing are vital. The Vietnam International Travel Fair 2017 is an important, professional and important event for travel businesses looking for markets, exchanging and business connections. "

After the opening ceremony of the Viet Nam International Travel Mart 2017, the leaders of the Party, the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the leaders of Hanoi Tourism Department and the international tours organisers, domestic business visit booths. In particular, the Management Board of Con Dao tourism areas coordinated travel companies, accommodation establishments set up their booths to promote images, introduce, promote investment in Con Dao's tourism and build travel brand for this island.

Delegation of  leaders visit the booth of Con Dao Island

The booth of Con Dao was attended by Mr. Nguyen Van Luu, Deputy Director of Training Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Bui Ngoc Diep - Member of the Standing Committee of Tourism and Mr. Vieu Chan Hung - Vice Chairman of Tourism Association of Mekong Delta and many international tours groups. Con Dao's tourism department participate in this exhibitions with a great effort. Currently, domestic and international investors are very interested in Con Dao. Tourists also look for information about means, accommodation facilities, destination to visit Con Dao. Con Dao has just been approved "the Master plan for development of Con Dao National Park in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province to 2030" by the Prime Minister. This affirmed that main tourism products of Con Dao are ecotourism, resort; Visiting islands; Experience natural heritages and explore the historical, cultural and spiritual values.

With the influence of this fair, Con Dao will be more interested in the next time. And Con Dao will be the most attractive destination with the great number of visitors coming to explore the value of history, culture, spirituality.