In addition to the activities to introduce and advertise Vietnamese tourism, notably mission program to work with leaders of the National Federation of the Association of Travel and Tourism Italy (FIAVET). FIAVET is a professional organization of Italian tour operators have a major impact on market trends with 16 tourism associations and tour of the main regions of Italy and nearly 3,000 member businesses.

Tourism leaders working with the Secretary General of the National Federation and President of the Association of Travel and Tourism region Lazio at FIAVET headquarters. At the meeting, the two sides appreciated the potential exchange of tourists between the two countries, the need to strengthen cooperation between the state level as well as the tourist business in both countries and to exchange experiences tourism development in each country. The Italian side agreed to support Tourism in Vietnam tourism promotion activities in Italy like to invite members to participate in business activities to promote tourism between the two countries. Two sides appreciated and considered this is the first meeting of representatives of Vietnamese tourism and Italy, open up a new stage of cooperation in the field of tourism. The two sides agreed to implement Group famtrip and media trip travel survey two countries. Tourism leaders invite leaders FIAVET and the tour operators, the Italian press to survey Vietnam tourism destination and your side has agreed to accept an invitation to Vietnam in September  2013 to jointly ITE HCMC 2013 in Fair City. Ho Chi Minh City.

Under the direction of Minister MOCST Hoang Tuan Anh, VNAT will coordinate with the Department of International Cooperation organization Roadshow program to introduce Vietnam's tourism in the framework of the Week of Culture and Tourism of Vietnam by MOCST hosted in Venice, Italy in June / 2013.

Government and people of Vietnam - Italian cooperation solidarity tradition. Governments of the two countries signed the Agreement on cooperation in tourism to promote tourism cooperation between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. Italy has always been one of the top destinations of Vietnamese tourists to Europe. In recent years, the number of tourists in Vietnam travel Europe and Italy increased substantially. Meanwhile, the number of Italian visitors to Vietnam is also growing rapidly: if in 2009, Vietnam welcomed 18,980 passengers Italy, in 2010, the figure was 24,672 (up 30%) and in 2012 was 31,337 (an increase of 65.1% compared to 2009). However, the number of tourists this low percentage of the total number of international visitors to Vietnam.

Currently, the Italian market in particular and Europe in general are still experiencing economic difficulties should lead to restrictions on the ability to spend long trip. Therefore, the positive implementation of promotion activities in the markets of the tourism industry as well as Vietnamese businesses in the future is essential.

Hopefully, through the positive results in the work of the mission trip Tourism in Italy, along the direction of interest leaders MOCST and the Vietnamese Government will create the foundation for further strengthening exchanges, exchanges, promotion of tourism between the two countries Vietnam and Italy in the near future, commensurate with the potential and the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two parties.

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