Vietnam's tourism potentials to be shown in UK

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam 's tourism potentials and landscapes will be
introduced to the World Travel Market (WTM) fair scheduled for London , the United Kingdom, from Nov. 10-13.

Visitors will have the opportunity to explore various tourism forms
available in Vietnam such as ecotourism, countryside tourism, sea
tourism, adventure tourism and cultural tourism as well as its special
culinary, said the Vietnam
National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on Oct. 21.

Information updates on a series of major tourism events to be hosted by the
country in 2009, including the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 09), the Year of
Central Highlands Tourism, the Da Lat Flower Festival and activities in the
lead up to the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long will be available at
the annual fair.

Worthy of note is the ATF 09 that will be held in Vietnam for the first
time, expecting to draw 1,500 foreign delegates, including those from 400
travel firms in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia .

The future event is seen as a valuable chance for the country to introduce
its land, people and culture to international holidaymakers and partners.

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam welcomed 315,000
foreign tourists in September, bringing the total number in the first nine
months of the year to 3.3 million, up 5.8 percent over the same period of
2007. China topped the list of foreign tourists to Vietnam , followed
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