A new push for tourism cooperation

17 September 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Industries / Tourism
Cambodia / CLMV tourism cooperation / CVLM / Laos / Ministerial Joint Statement / Myanmar / regional cooperation / Sai Gon Giai Phnong / Tourism / tourism conference / tourism cooperation / tourism development / tourism sector

With the aim of attracting 25 million international visitors from 2013 to 2015 to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CVLM) the respective ministers of tourism pushed for greater cooperation in developing the region’s tourism sector on Friday, according to the Vietnamese Communist Party official news outlet. At a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City, the ministers also planned for at least four million “exchange visitors” between the four countries, Sai Gon Giai Phnong newspaper reported. … …[T]he ministers also reviewed the implementation of the Ministerial Joint Statement on CLMV tourism cooperation signed in 2010. According to ASEAN tourist statistics, 81.2 million tourists visited the ASEAN region in 2011, compared to 73.6 million in 2010.

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