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| Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Nguyễn Quang Khai (L) introduces Vietnam’s tourism potentials to foreign guests |
Vietnam welcomes and creates all favorable conditions for tourists from the Gulf and the Middle East states to visit the country.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lately held a tourism promotion meeting with the participation of some companies from Vietnam and even Bahrain.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UAE Nguyen Quang Khai said Vietnam’s tourism growth rate has doubled that of the country’s GDP in recent years. Despite the global economic crisis, the tourism industry developed strongly in 2009, accounting for 13.1% of the economy’s total revenue.
Mr. Paul James, Trading Manager of GTC 360 Company from Bahrain, assumed that few people from the Gulf states and the Middle East tour Vietnam because they lack information, so Vietnam should open a regional tourism office there soon. Vietnamese travel agencies should participate in the Arab Travel Market to be held in Dubai from May 4-7, he said.