At the event, the Japanese participants were supplied with information about Vietnam and Khanh Hoa’s well-known beauty spots, festivals, cuisines and potential destinations for different kinds of tours, as well as upcoming major tourism programmes in the country.

The workshop was followed by visits to some tourist attrations and working sessions between the local and Japanese travel businesses on opportunities for cooperation.

(Source: VNA

They hope to conduct the first flight from Hue City’s Phu Bai International Airport to Shizuoka City on the occasion of the inauguration of Shizuoka’s Fujisan (Fuji Mountain) International Airport in early March 2009.

Regular flights connecting two cities are expected to attract more Japanese tourists to Hue City and vice versa, as well as facilitate the travel of overseas Vietnamese students and the two countries’ businessmen.

The cooperation in opening the new air route is part of the two cities’ cooperation program signed in April 2005, which has been also extended to various fields, particularly urban and environmental management, and cultural exchange.

Various cultural activities are being held in Hanoi’s Old Quarters such as a lantern procession, a lion dance, folk games and art performances to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 14, 2008 (the 15th day of eighth lunar month).

During the festival, 15 kiosks along Hang Ma, Hang Luoc, Hang Dao streets are selling toys, moon cakes and other products to cater to the kids’ tastes.

An outdoor stage was put up in front of Dong Xuan market for evening concerts on September 6, 7 and 12, 2008. A number of folk games such as blind-man’s-buff and the tug-of-war will be held for children on September 13, 2008.

From September 10-14, 2008, an exhibition will be held at an ancient house No.87 Ma May street displaying images of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. Artisans will instruct children how to make folk toys, green rice flakes and moon cakes.

This is the fourth consecutive year such an event is organised with the aim of popularising the culture and history of the Hanoi Old Quarters to visitors at home and abroad.

List of the year 2007-top ten hotels

1. Caravelle Hotel

2. Melia Hanoi Hotel

3. Sofitel Plaza Hanoi Hotel

4. Ben Thanh (Rex Hotel)

5. Majestic Hotel

6. First Hotel

7. Nikko Hanoi Hotel

8. Sofitel Metropole Hanoi Hotel

9. Grand Hotel

10. Ana Mandara Nha Trang Hotel

List of the year 2007-top ten tour operators

1. Saigontourist

2. Exotissimo - Cesais

3. Apex-Vietnam

4. Vietnamtourism in Hanoi

5. Ho Guom - Diethelm

6. Ben Thanh Tourist

7. Fiditourist

8. Peace Tour

9. Huong Giang Travel

10. Vidotour