More than 30 Vietnamese travel businesses, airlines and hotels joined in the World Travel Market 2008, Europe’s largest tourism fair, that took place in London from Nov. 10-13.
 

They introduced a wide range of tourism products to the fair, including a special tour to sightsee the world heritages site of Ha Long Bay by helicopter.

The Deputy Director of Travel Department of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Nguyen Quy Phuong, said the fair is an important event to Vietnam , as France , the UK and Germany are the country’s traditional markets.

The number of UK visitors to Vietnam increased steadily over the past 10 years, registering at more than 100,000 last year, Phuong added.

The event, known as WTM-Excel, was attended by 5,500 travel businesses from more than 200 countries.

(Source: VNA)