Vietnam wins 14 ASEAN tourism nods
Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien Hue, has won the prize for “ASEAN Clean Tourist City” during the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2018 (ATF), Nguyen Van Thanh, chairman of the city People’s Committee, has announced.
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Hoi An and Da Lat also won prizes in the category.
In total, Vietnam won 14 prizes. Among them, Muong Thanh Hospitality Group won two MICE ASEAN Venue Standard prizes for Muong Thanh Luxury Can Tho and Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane, the group’s first hotel outside of Vietnam.
The ASEAN Green Hotel prize went to the Four Seasons The Nam Hai Hotel (Quang Nam), Pilgrimage Village Hotel (Hue), Six Senses Con Dao Resort (Ba Ria-Vung Tau), the Grand Ho Tram Strip (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) and Flamingo Dai Lai Resort (Vinh Phuc).
Thai Hai Tourism Village (Thai Nguyen) won the ASEAN Sustainable Award (ASTA).
Vietnam participated in the ATF held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on January 22-26 with the aim of promoting Vietnam as a safe, friendly and attractive destination among ASEAN countries and to help prepare for hosting the ATF 2019.
The Chiang Mai forum is also an opportunity for localities and Vietnam tourism agencies to work with international tourism agencies and organisations.
