Ha Noi signs tourism agreement with northern provinces, cities
VGP - Ha Noi and four northern provinces and city signed a joint agreement to boost the tourism sector on September 24 in Sapa, a mountainous town in Lao Cai.
The agreement was signed by the provinces of Lao Cai, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh and the coastal city of Hai Phong.
The document targets to combine cross-regional values and leverage each locality's advantages to create outstanding tourism products and services for the Northwest and Northeast regions.
Under the agreement, the cities and provinces will strengthen information and communication in tourism management, promote each other's tourism activities, develop new products and brands, and encourage enterprises and associations to cooperate and set up joint tour packages.
At the signing ceremony, representatives from the cities and provinces also discussed how to leverage their advantages and solutions to develop local tourism.
They introduced their characteristic products and services, discussed ways to improve the quality of products and services, and detailed solutions to boost joint cooperation.
In the first eight months, Ha Noi welcomed a total of nearly 17 million visitors, up 36 percent year-on-year, earning about VND61 trillion (US$2.5 billion), up 63 percent year-on-year.
The tourism sector set the goal of welcoming three million international visitors, double the figure in 2022./.