Attending and directing the Conference were Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Quang Tung.

Director of the General Department of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh, representatives of agencies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, leaders of departments and units under the General Department of Tourism and all officials, civil servants and employees of the General Department of Tourism schedule to attend the conference.

With the efforts of the whole industry, tourism has made breakthrough developments, creating a driving force to promote the development of industries, contributing to the overall growth of the country. 
 

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien speaks at the Conference

At the conference, Deputy Director General of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong briefly reported on the results of the tourism industry in 2019.

Accordingly, in 2019, Vietnam's tourism is estimated to welcome 18 million international visitors (up 16% compared to 2018); serving 85 million domestic visitors (up 6%); total revenue from tourists is estimated at more than 720,000 billion VND (an increase of over 16%).

In addition, Vietnam has received many global tourism awards such as: World's Leading Heritage Destination; World's Best Golf Destination 2019, Asia's Top Destination 2 years in a row; Asia's leading culinary destination…

The competitiveness of Vietnam's tourism has continuously improved in the ranking of the World Economic Forum (WEF), ranking 63/140 economies.

As of December 15, 2019, the system of tour operators and guides has 720 businesses that have been granted new international travel business licenses. Currently, the country has 2,648 international travel agencies, the whole country has 26,864 tour guides, of which 6161 new guide cards are issued. At the same time, there are 118 accommodation establishments in the 4-5 star segment recognized. There are 30,000 storage facilities nationwide with 650,000 rooms, an increase of more than 2,000 accommodation facilities compared to 2018.

Regarding the results of project development and state management documents: In 2019, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism also developed and submitted to the Government and Prime Minister 6 documents and schemes; Develop 5 implementation plans of projects approved by the Prime Minister and Minister; Completing 3 documents to submit to the Minister…

Tasks by specialized fields have been carried out and achieved many results: Managing travel activities and guides: checking international and domestic travel business. Strengthening inspection and rectification of travel business activities, handling the phenomenon of low-cost tour business ... Support many localities to develop tourism products.

The tourism industry has organized many tourism events: Ceremony to honor the leading tourism enterprises in 2019, Organized Travex international tourism fair 2019 in Ha Long, Quang Ninh, Organized 9 tourism introduction programs Vietnamese calendar in markets…

Besides, other works achieved results such as: International cooperation; Researching science - technology - environment and building national standards; Training and developing tourism human resources; Tourism activities in the local…

The conference also outlined the key tasks for 2020 of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, along with solutions, recommendations and proposals.

At the conference, the delegates also contributed ideas to the draft final report for 2019 and the key directions and tasks in 2020.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Quang Tung highly appreciated the results achieved by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in 2019. The Deputy Minister suggested that in 2020, the General Department will better perform management tasks. government and public services.

For state management tasks, among the tasks set out, the General Department needs to choose the focus and priority group - Deputy Minister Le Quang Tung emphasized.

Overview of the Conference

Besides, the Deputy Minister also proposed a number of tasks for the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, such as: Advertising and promotion tasks; Applying information technology to create smart tourism products; Summary and assessment of the planning of a national key tourist area…

Speaking at the conference, Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien congratulated and highly appreciated the achievements of the tourism industry in the past year with impressive growth figures and many important tourism awards. The competitiveness of Vietnam's tourism is continuously improving.

Besides the results that have been obtained from many impressive numbers, the Minister suggested that it is necessary to implement those results with the spirit of innovative thinking.

The Minister requested that in 2020, Vietnam's tourism needs to reach the target of welcoming 20.5 million international visitors. To achieve this result, the Minister suggested that from the first month of 2020, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism should have drastic solutions. The minister hopes to welcome the 20 millionth international visitor in the nearest day.

According to Portal TTDT-BVHTTDL