Japanese opt for incentive tours of Vietnam

Unlike in the past, more and more Japanese are preferring to come on incentive tours to Vietnam, according to Vietnamese travel companies.

Since the middle of last year, groups of 10-20 have been arriving regularly, Dinh Nguyen Ngoc Giang, head of the Ho Chi Minh City-based O.S.C Travel’s international division, said.

APEX Travel Company, a foreign-local joint venture serving mainly Japanese tourists, plans to promote its incentive tours in Japan due to the large number of tourists per group it receives.

According to the Prospective Travel Trends in 2011 of JTP, a leading Japanese travel group, the number of Japanese making overseas trips will reach 17.3 million this year, up 3.7 percent from last year.

Last year 442,000 Japanese visitors came to Vietnam, 24 percent up from 2009.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism expects the country to receive 1 million Japanese visitors by 2015 and it is preparing a plan to attract more guests from this important market. – Tuoitre

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