A trial caravan tour across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam has been successfully organized but the new form of tourism faces two major obstacles that should be jointly resolved by the three governments
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has claimed that Vietnam remains a safe destination for foreign visitors and pledged to continue ensuring tourists’ safety. In a letter to international travel agencies Wednesday it added that it had taken a series of drastic measures to ensure tourists’ safety from bird flu.
With the massive increase in tourist arrivals from the Republic of Korea and Japan in the past few years a crisis is brewing – a shortage of tour guides speaking Korean and Japanese. In the 11 months leading up to November Vietnam received nearly 290,000 Koreans and 300,000 Japanese, a 45% and 25% year-on-year rise respectively.