Participants include nine foreign tourism promotion agencies and 15 foreign press agencies.

The expo, which will run until October 2, provides a venue for domestic and foreign tourism businesses to meet and sign trade contracts. It is open to anyone who wants to know more about tourism products and services.

At the fourth ASEAN Tourism Investment Forum held on September 29-30, there was a meeting between tourism ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, who agreed to strengthen tourism cooperation in the region.

Under the agreement, the four countries will promote information and experience exchanges among their national tourism agencies and assist each other in international tourism events.

The four also agreed to boost cooperation in training and developing human resources for the tourism industry, and to promote measures that facilitate tourist travel.