Developing sustainable tourism in combination with preserving and promoting national cultural values, and protecting landscapes and the environment is among targets set in Viet Nam’s master plan on tourism development by 2020, with vision to 2030.
Tourism experts, representatives from 120 travel agencies and local authorities gathered at a workshop in the central province of Quang Ngai on August 30 to seek measures for sustainable tourism development on Ly Son island.
Experts have suggested Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members should soon establish a new cooperation mechanism to develop tourism sustainably.
(TITC) – On 17 August 2016, a conference on sustainable tourism development in the era of climate change was held by Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) with the technical support of the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development (ESRT) Program funded by the European Union (EU-ESRT Project).
Representatives from private and public tourism sectors, social and development organisations, and media from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) gathered in the central city of Da Nang on June 15 for a forum to discuss measures to promote sustainable tourism development in the region.