Vietnam promotes tourism in Japan
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is organising a programme to promote Vietnam tourism in Japan from September 6 to 15.
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| Vietnamese traditional dress performance at tourism promotion programme in Kanagawa (Source: Vietnam National Administration of Tourism) |
The programme will be held in Kanagawa, Tokyo and Hokkaido, aiming to attract more Japanese tourists to Vietnam.
Japan is now the third biggest source market of Vietnam. In 2018, Vietnam welcomed 826,000 Japanese visitors, a year-on-year rise of 3.6 percent.
In the first eight months of this year, 620,000 Japanese tourists arrived in Vietnam, up 13.7 percent year-on-year.