After visa waivers went into effect for a number of European nations, Vietnamese officials said that they were planning to extend visa waivers to visitors from a number of other countries. According to VNAT (Vietnam National Administration of Tourism), this government’s visa exemption decision would show its effects from September 2015 when Western Europe’s travel season began. Travel More Asia has shortly summarised this information from reports of VOV & Saigoneer as below.
Those being considered for waivers include the Commonwealth of Independent States, Australia, New Zealand and Eastern European nations. Mr. Dinh Ngoc Duc, head of VNAT's International Cooperation Department, speaking on the sidelines of a workshop in Hanoi in early July 2015, said that these countries already have well-established relationships with Vietnam.
The workshop was held to discuss measures to effectively implement the government’s recent decision to waive visa for for citizens from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
VNAT General Director, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, told the attendees that his agency would cooperate with the Vietnam Tourism Association and Vietnam Airlines to launch a tourism stimulus programme particularly targeting these nations.
The programme is part of the government’s efforts to attract around 1.1 million tourists per year from these markets in the 2016-2018 period.
Other measures will encompass organizing familiarization trips to Vietnam for the media from these nations, and undertaking Vietnam tourism roadshows in the five Western countries.
In the first half of 2015, the number of international visitors to Vietnam fell 11.3 % on year to over 3.8 million.
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