Taiwan and Vietnam aim to see 2 million tourists between them next year under an agreement signed earlier this week, the Tourism Administration said on Wednesday.
The two nations on Monday held their 10th tourism meeting in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa Province, where representatives signed a memorandum of understanding on seven points of cooperation, the agency said in a news release.
In the agreement, they agreed to strengthen culinary exchange and tourism promotion, as well as links between travel destinations, it said.
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They also vowed to improve personnel training, support thematic tours, enhance safety and forge stronger ties between travel associations, it added.
About 332,000 people traveled to Taiwan from Vietnam in the first 10 months of the year, already recovering to 97 percent of the level seen during the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said.
Meanwhile, about 667,000 people from Taiwan traveled to Vietnam in the same period, reaching 98 percent of the pre-pandemic level, it said.
With two-way travel this year already surpassing 1 million, the countries set a goal of 2 million for next year, it added.
Next year’s meeting is to be held in November next year in Taichung, the agency said.
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